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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
that the universe is no other than the aspect of the
Brahmic intelligence, now proceeds to the
enumeration of the worlds that exist. At the
beginning of a creation, Brahma is said to have
asked the resplendent orb of the sun to describe its
origin. The sun and its nine brothers of suns are
said to have been born out of Indu since according
to the Hindu or occult doctrine all things merge
into the moon during Pralaya - the son of Ksyapa,
and to be ruling over the ten worlds created by
their own Sankalpa as if they were Brahmas
themselves. Hence arose the ten worlds out of their
minds. These ten worlds may refer to either the ten
solar systems or the ten worlds which are subtler
and subtler than one another and existing in space.
Besides the 7 worlds as ordinarily known, there are
said to be at first three other worlds which have
arisen out of the one. Out of the one arises at first
the three lokas of Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra who
originate and work in the seven worlds, Bhu,
Bhuvar, etc., up to Satya. Then are introduced the
stories of the wily Indra, Chitta and a lad to
exemplify the illusory nature of the universe. In the
story of Sambarika, the Siddha, the illusory nature
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