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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
counsellor, she fled for meditation to the golden
Himalaya Mountains. Even to this very day, both
the King and Karkati 42 are thus moving friendly
towards one another. So said Vasistha to
Ramachandra.
4. THR STORY OF AINDHAVA THE SON OF INDU
OR THE MOON
Summary: The author, having in the previous story
shown that the light of Brahman alone is Jiva and
others now gives this story to exemplify the fact
that its (Brahman‟s) manifestation, namely, the
mind alone is the universe.
From the foregoing story it is evident that Brahmic
Reality which is the one Truth alone is. All the
visible objects do not really exist. The mind alone
shines as the cause of all the manifold created
objects. To illustrate this (last proposition that it is
the mind which makes the universe), I shall relate
to you, Oh Rama, a story which you shall presently
42 Karkati means a snake in one sense.
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