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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
administering the duties of a guru 57 to the Asuras
who need correction/ Having given these orders to
Sukra, he bid adieu to them both and instantly
disappeared from the very spot where he was
standing. At his departure, the father and son were
greatly grieved. But Sukra of great prowess
abandoned the conception of Vasudeva and then
entered his former body according to Yama s
injunction. Thereupon the matchless Bhrigu bathed
with the waters in his bowel purified through
Vedic Mantras the body of Sukra into which the
son had to enter through sheer fate. With this
application, the Nadis (nerves) in his body became
pliant and allowed the Prana to circulate freely
over them throughout his body. Then Bhargava
(the son of Bhrigu) rose up in that body and having
paid due respects to his father, stood by him. Thus
did the father and son utterly rout their enemy of
the impure mind and pass their days in the
Jivanmukti state like a waveless ocean. Thus
related Vasistha of great Jnana and erudition to
Rama of true grace.
57 If Asura means egos, Sukra (Venus) is their guru.
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