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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
the cruel and the base. Happiness you shall en joy
thus.‟ With these blessings, Brahma disappeared.
Contemplating upon Brahman alone as the nondual
one and as the All, she rested in the actionless
state of „That‟. „After remaining thus in Nirvikalpa
Samadhi for a very long time, she returned to the
normal state and with infinite bliss, commingled
herself with her mind. Instantaneously the
thoughts of her old hunger revived. And as the
conception of „I‟ is incidental to this body so long
as it exists in the universe, she resolved upon
tasting flesh, the food peculiar to Rakshasas. Then
exulting as nectar in the consumption of the body
of the ignorant as directed by Brahma, she retired
to the slopes of the Himalayas and reached the
country of the hunters. While she was dwelling in
the forest there, a king chanced to go to it along
with his just minister. Then the night was
enveloped with such an intense gloom as not to be
dissipated by the light of even sun, moon and Agni
(fire combined together. Fearlessly did the king
and the minister perambulate together on such a
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