Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
pacifying them, gave vent to the following words
„After the lapse of a thousand years, Devendra will
kill the Asuras in the war between himself and
Sambara who is now over powering his enemies.
Till then, we shall advise you thus. From today
forward, you go to Dama and others and apprise
them of your intention to war with them. Having
made pretence of fighting with them, withdraw
when they make onslaughts on you. If you conduct
yourselves thus, repeating it over and over (for
thousand years), then the Vasana of Ahankara, will
begin to reflect itself in the minds of the three
Asuras like a shadow in a glass. Then if this idea of
„I‟ gets firmly rooted in their minds, then they will
be in bondage, like birds caught in a trap and can
be easily disposed of. It is desires that, like Yama
(death), bring on manifold pains to persons in this
world; devoid of them, there is bliss unsullied with
pains. All creatures in this world being bound by
the cord of pains are greatly afflicted thereby. With
tight bonds, pains are generated; freed from them,
pains also cease. It is only through desires that
persons, whether they are pure or omniscient or
all-puissant, do get trammelled in this world. Even
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