Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
tree of Paradise. Thus the pair passed, eight Chatur
Yugas 54 in sensual enjoyments without any let or
hindrance. Then fearing lest all his Dharmas
should be wasted thus, he descended to Bhu loka
(earth) from Deva loka. It was here (on earth) that
he forgot all about his pristine reality. In his
descent from Indra loka, Sukra s Jiva commingled
itself with the soft rays of the full moon and
became the cool snow. This snow falling on paddy
fields converted itself into paddy. The rice arising
from the fertile stalks was cooked and eaten by a
Brahman of Dasarna country and was converted
into the seminal fluid in him. Sukra, who was thus
in the form of sperm in the Brahmin, ultimately
came out as his son 55 out of the womb of his
spouse. Associating himself with Tapaswins, he
performed rare Tapas for the period of a Manu, in
a forest encircling the golden mountains of
Mahameru. Then Sukra bore an offspring of a man
through a hind. Through the Ajnana (Ignorance)
54 Chatur-Yugas are otherwise called Mahay ugas. Each Maha Yuga is
composed of the 4 Yugas, Krita, Treta, Dwapara and Kali.
55 This shows clearly that Venus stands for the egos of human beings.
This describes the general pilgrimage and incarnation of egos.
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