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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
granted, your begotten son will attain Jnana,
undergoing dire probation.
At which the moonlike face of the Goddess began
to shine, radiant with lustre, in the prospect of
begetting a son and asked permission of the Muni
to sit at his feet and abide by his orders. The Muni
being unwilling to abide by her request, she
returned to her abode and there gave birth to a son
who shone with the splendour of a full-moon.
After the child had passed twelve years, the
mother with her offspring went to the Muni and
addressed him thus „Oh you God who having
perceived Truth confers it upon all, this my son
whom I begot through your grace, became through
my instructions well versed in all departments of
knowledge; and yet he has not attained Atma-
Jnana. He is tossed about in this ocean of re-births.
Please therefore bestow upon him that Jnana by
which he may know his own Self.
To which the Muni said „Leaving your son under
me as my disciple, return home.‟
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