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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
business and is the highest of bodies. Even should
this gross body be dissolved, the mind will assume
fresh bodies to its liking, as speedily as actions
done in dreams. Should this mind be paralysed,
then the body will not evince any intelligence.‟ So
said the adulterous couple, on hearing which, the
King eyed them with pleasure. Muni Bharata close
by him remarked that the two gave vent to words
of wisdom, notwithstanding their minds being
under the thraldom of passions. Therefore he
banished them both from his realms, so that they
might enjoy themselves in foreign lands.
6. THE STORY OF MANAS (MIND)
Summary: After having shown that the mind
manifests itself as the external world in the shape
of pains or pleasures, the author now illustrates the
fact that the mind subjectively is consciousness
while objectively it is this universe.
The bliss enjoyed by the adulterous couple in the
previous story was given out for the purpose of
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