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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
pains of existence arising through such Ajnana,
will never affect them. Therefore you should not
follow the path pursued by the above three Asuras.
Here Rama questioned Vasistha thus. „How did the
three Asuras arise from Parabrahman‟?
To which Vasistha replied thus, „The fearful Dama
and others had their bodies as only the
manifestations of the Supreme. Like Dama and
others who had their bodies as mere appearances,
we who are here are no other than Chidakas itself.
Therefore, you redoubtable warrior, the
conceptions of „I‟ or „you‟ or Dama and others are
no other than untrue. The Brahmic light
manifesting itself visibly as the All-pervading
Atmic (Sakti) potency -became agitated through
the potent thought of the Asura, Sambara then
assumed the three forms of Dama and others and
began its sportive pilgrimage in such forms.
Therefore neither these persons having the above
attributes nor we are really existent anywhere (as
such). That which really is, is Parabrahman which
is the knower of all as the witness, the know ledge
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