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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
At these words of the king, the lady came to
understand that they were persons of unlimited
Jnana, knowledge, power and quiescence of mind.
Then in extreme marvel at their noble words and
stainless truth, she muttered to herself thus „A
stainless mind can be judged through speech, face
and eyes. Through those expressions, can their
opinion also be well gauged. Those, whose doubts
(about the higher spiritual path) have not been
cleared along with the love of wealth, should be
classed under the inferior class of the ignorant.‟
Then addressing these two grandees, she queried
them as to who they were.
The minister replied thus to the questions put by
Karkati „(Pointing to the personage near him), he is
the King of hunters and I am his Minister. Nightly
do we patrol everywhere to punish the vicious and
protect the virtuous. On that mission it is, we have
wended our way thither.‟
Whereupon Karkati said thus „With the counsels of
a wicked minister, a good king too is turned into
bad ways; even a bad king becomes virtuous, if
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