Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
that victorious one was intended by his master for
the king Lavana. Whereupon the Siddha asked the
king to mount upon the same, since no other horse
could vie with it. In obedience to the words of this
great personage, the king stared like a statue
intently in the direction of the horse and lay
entranced for a Muhurta, like yogis in Samadhi.
Then those assembled before the king, became
seized with doubt and surprise with their faces
contracted like lotuses with closed petals. After the
courtiers were thus in a state of mental perplexity
and fear for about four Muhurtas, the king‟s body
relaxed its rigidity and began to fall prostrate
before the throne, when those hard by propped it
up.
Then the king gradually recovered consciousness
and the obedient ministers asked him as to how it
was his pure mind had lost its equilibrium. After
shaking off his stupor fully, the king replied thus
When the Siddha revolved the circle of peacock s
feathers and uttered some words; I got giddy and
noticed a horse which I ascended with full memory
and journeyed on speedily a long distance on
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