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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
directly, he performed (religious) Karmas alone;
but then with a mind that did not long for the
fruits of actions, he performed Yajna for I2 years
and offered oblation to the Devas (celestials). As all
the Yajnas were performed without any obstacles,
strictly according to the Vedic injunctions, such as
Gomedha 66, Aswamedha and Naramedha, his
mind became steady, clear and full and at once the
priceless Jnana took possession of it and pervaded
it quite.
This great personage becoming freed from the
obscurations of re-birth and having eradicated to
the root all Vasanas was thus spending his days in
the tendrils of a branch, teeming with bee-hives,
when one day before his pure eyes the sylvan
goddess appeared visibly, clad in full-blown
flowers whom he questioned as to who she was.
The Goddess replied thus „I have known that
persons who are greatly devoted to the wise can
66 Gomedha - the sacrifice of cows; Aswamedha that of horses,
Naramedha that of men.
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