Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
have rare intelligence, like unto a Jnana-sun, which
has neither degree nor stain, neither setting nor
rising? Will despondency ever rise in the breasts of
those who associate with Atman Jnanis, being, as
they are, invincible conquerors of Moksha-loka?
Despite your acquisition of all things through
Atman, please lay your commands on my head, so
that I may serve you in some respect?‟
To which the king said thus „Oh wench, that is like
a poisonous fruit in the forest of Vishadhruma (or
the poisonous trees) of the Rakshasa race, desist
from your massacre of all lives in this world. ‟The
lady having nodded assent, the king queried her as
to what such a carnivorous person, as she was,
would do to appease her hunger. The lady said
that she would resort to Nirvikalpa Samadhi as she
did before to alleviate her gastric fire. She
remarked further that she would thus pass a long
time in the state of Jivanmukti, tasting the
ambrosia flowing within and then reach
Videhamukti. Then she promised on her honour
not to hurt any creatures, now that she had
developed Jnana.
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