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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
moon. He never used to part from the feet of his
father. He was in that great Laya (neutral) state
which is inter mediate between the incomparable
Chit and Achit states 52. Whilst he was thus in an
intermediate state unaware of them both, like King
Trisanku 53 who was left in the middle of the sky
without being able to go higher up or come lower
down to the earth, his father was in Nirvikalpa
Samadhi. Then the son, who never used to part
from his father, remained separate and looked up
through the pure Akasa where he saw a Deva
(celestial) lady approaching him. Her graceful
tresses were bedecked with Mandara flowers, the
odour of which was gently wafted by the zephyrs
as she trudged along with the gait of a sheelephant.
Having eyed her fully before him, he
became quite enamoured of her; and then closing
his two eyelids, he revelled in the vast fields of his
52 The state of Brahman is said to be that neutral state which is between
or above the (Chit) intelligence and (Achit) matter of the universe.
53 This King sought of Vasistha to be transported physically to the
heavens but he was refused; and hence he requested Viswamitra who
unable to take him up to Swarga, the heavens left him in the
Antariksha, the intermediate space.
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