Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
whether it was possible for him to go and see
thosesit.es through his physical vision and witness
(if true) the events enacted therein; and being
resolved upon trying the experiment, he started
with all his suite towards the south and came in
sight of the Vindhya hills, like a King bent upon
extending his conquests in all directions. He roved
about in all quarters except the north but all in
vain. But all at once (in the northern direction), he
saw the forest he had lived in formerly, as if his
thoughts had taken a tangible form.
Scrutinizing the scene, he observed the several
places and towns in the forest he had passed in as
Neecha (outcaste) which were like unto the city of
Yama. To his great surprise, the King of Kings
observed, without fail, all the huts of Neechas of
both sexes who were tenanting them then; and his
heart began to give way under the grief caused by
his old associations. At this juncture, a troop of old
Neecha dames turned upon the spot with their
minds full of racking pains, eyes trickling down
tears, and bodies emaciated to the last degree; and
one of the group, unable to overpower her grief,
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