Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
lay dead in piles of carcases jet black as Yama. We
have survived all these shocks only to be alone,
and to surfer all the more.‟ Whereupon the king
wearing lance, eyed his ministers with great
marvel and ordered them to furnish the Neecha
ladies with all necessary things, relieve them of
their pains and conduct them to his kingdom.
Having returned to his city, he reflected over the
situation and becoming convinced of the seemingly
real nature of the universe created by the potent
power of Maya, he sought initiation into the
mysteries of Brahman at our hands and attained
quiescence in it. Oh Ramachandra of fate bounty,
this great Maya generates such dire -delusions as
are indeed uncrossable. Through the power of this
Maya, Sat will appear as Asat and vice-versa.‟
So said Vasistha when Rama questioned him thus
„Oh guru of my race, how came the things enacted
in the regions of the perturbed mind to objectivise
themselves in the physical world?‟To which the
Rishi replied thus „You will be able to better
understand the heterogeneous manifestations of
Maya, later on, in the story of Gadhi, wherein
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