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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
womb, it shines with a form by its own power with
a head above, feet below, hands at its sides and a
belly in the middle.
Through the potency of the primeval time, an
externally visible form arises gifted with
intelligence, cleverness, power, nobleness, true
Jnana and wealth. Such a one of form is the
illuminated Brahma called Viswa. This Brahma
first beheld his own person which was very lovely
and transcendent. Endowed, as he was, with the
imperishable good gunas and able to dive into the
three periods of time, he looked into the Param-
Akasa which is non-dual, illimitable and of the
nature of Jnana to see what existed before. Then he
of stainless full Jnana-Vision saw the rise (and tall)
of myriads of previous evolutions, of which he
himself was the author. Therefore knowing all (the
previous) Varnas (castes), race, Dharmas, etc., he
again created them anew as if in sport. In the same
manner, did he also bring into existence
innumerable Veda Sastras to enable all Jivas to
attain salvation Jivas who arose through Sankalpa
like an ephemeral Gandharva city. Through this
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