Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
king migrates from one hall to another created by
him and there dances ghost-like everywhere as he
passes along. The moment he thinks of quitting
one from another, he does so accordingly; the
moment he contemplates upon death, he puts an
end to his existence. With his mind ever whirling,
he will ever subject himself to the cycle of births
and deaths. But the seat of all is Jnana-Akas alone.
Though dead once, he will again recur like the
waves of the ocean. This triple-bodied king will
live pleasantly in his city shining like a Gandharva
city and being ever oppressed by the ever-surging
actions, will sometimes droop, sometimes rejoice;
will sometimes be carried away by the love of Self
and sometimes reel giddily or be clear in mind;
will sometimes exclaim * Oh, I am poor, I am low, I
am high, I am base, I am noble and so on. Oh, how
can I describe the state of the mind of that person
which is tossed to and fro, like a light object in a
stormy ocean.‟
At these words of the Muni, the son asked his
father as to what he meant to symbolize by the
Emperor mentioned in the above story. To which
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