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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
„mine,‟ succumbed to the Devas in fight. Therefore
I will again create, through my Mayavic power,
Asuras of Jnana, well read in Atma-Jnana Sastras.
Possessed of the true Jnana, they will not be
destroyed through the illusory Ahankara.‟
With this determination to overpower the Devas,
Sambara willed into existence, through his
stainless mind, three Asuras who arose through
Maya like bubbles on the surface of the ocean
encircling the earth. They were omniscient and
through their own wisdom, knew themselves to be
of the nature of Jnana. They had not the taint of
Sanchita Karmas or love or hatred. They were able
to firmly be in whatever state they wished to be.
They were so illuminated as not to have any
doubts. These pure personages cared not a straw
for the whole Universe; their names being Bheema,
Bhasa and Drudha. Being asked by their maker to
wage war with the Devas, they marched straight
against them and fought terribly with them for
countless years: whenever the idea of „I‟ and „mine‟
flitted across the minds of these Asuras, they
would probe unto their hearts for the origin of „I‟
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