Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
she resorted to the Himalayas and having bathed,
stood on one leg on the ground and concentrated
her eyes upon the sun shining in the sky. After she
had performed such a painful Tapas for 1,000
years, the Lotus-seated Brahma appeared visibly
before her. Are there any objects which cannot be
acquired in this world even by the vicious through
the performance of uncommon Tapas?‟ With the
arrival of Brahma before her, she made obeisance
to him mentally without stir ring from her spot and
reflected thus, ‟In order to assuage my everincreasing
fire, if I transform myself into the form
of an iron-like Jiva-Suchika (living needle). I can
enter into the bodies of all in the world and
consume as much food as I require.‟ Whilst these
thoughts were revolving in her mind, Brahma
asked her the object of her wish. Karkati replied
thus „Oh Lord that favours those, your devotees
who contemplate upon you and praise you, your
servant wishes to become a Jiva-Suchika.‟
You shall become Suchika having the prefix „Vi’
attached to your name and hence be called
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