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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
sent for and his servants meanwhile relate to the
Rishis the pitiable present plight of their master
disdaining to perform such actions as tasting food,
drinking water, etc. At which Vasistha remarks
that the Vairagya (indifference) of the Prince is not
akin to that produced by such momentary
accidents as the loss of some dearly beloved
relative or wealth but is one which is the
premonitory symptom of a spiritual development
in him after which development all his duties will
be regularly per formed by him. On Rama s arrival
at the regal assembly, he is asked by one of the
Rishis as to the cause of his present sorrow. At
which Rama makes a long tirade against wealth,
life, Ahankara, Manas (mind), desires, body and
other material things and at last winds up by
saying that he will rather expose himself to the
torments of hell-fire than undergo the excruciating
mental tortures, consuming him little by little
through the abovementioned causes. This
concludes the chapter called Vairagya Prakarana or
the section on in difference to worldly things.
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