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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
parts his body and offering them to the fire.
Thereupon the resplendent God, Agni finding that
the flesh of the learned Brahmin, such as the throat,
shoulders, etc. t was being offered through itself to
the Devas and wishing to know its reason,
appeared before the Brahmin and questioned him
thus „What is your intention?‟
The Muni with folded hands eulogised him and
said thus „As I am not able to find any pure place
on this earth, please favour me with a seat in a
tendril on the top of a tree.‟ At which the God Agni
granted the boon and disappeared like the waves
of an ocean.
There was a Kadamba tree in the forest which
reared its head high aloft in the Akasa,
outstripping the sphere of clouds even. It was on a
tendril on the top of this tree that Muni Dasura
seated himself and performed a rare Tapas without
any the least doubt of mind. Surveying first all the
quarters in an instant, after seating himself in
Padma posture, he controlled his mind from them
even. Being not able to attain Brahma Jnana
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