Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
lady like myself goes the length of worshipping the
wise, who else will not do the same, like a fond
dog? Like the full moon which protects this earth
(and makes it appear gay), the wise will gladden
the hearts of those visiting them. Persons not
associating with such wise men will de base
themselves and be but as men dead; otherwise they
will attain the good effects of Moksha and others.‟
Thus therefore she came to the conclusion of
testing them as to whether they were Jnanis or not.
With this purpose, she roared aloud (unperceived)
in the Akasa outvying the thunder, with the
following words „Oh ye who resemble the sun and
the moon in the ineffable forest of Akasa,
showering rain like clouds, Oh ye who are like the
countless hosts of vermin writhing and perishing
underneath the dark and terrible stone of Maya,
have ye come here simply for the purpose of falling
a prey to me this very instant? Ye seem to me to be
the wise ones, and yet it strikes me ye belong to the
other class also. To which class then do ye belong?‟
At which the king thus addressed her „Oh
Rakshasa lady, ever prone to injure all creatures,
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