Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
quenched by the wind are the sun and the moon;
the pearl garlands do stand for the many rivers full
of water: the seven tanks in that city do repre sent
the seven oceans rendered into lotus-like forms
through Vadava Agni. In such a great city of the
universe, the abovementioned King of Sankalpa
assumes different bodies through his Karmas. And
these bodies are symbolized in the story by the
spacious Halls. The bodies of Devas are located in
the higher regions; those of Nagas in the nether
regions; those of men in the middle ones. Such
bodies made of fleshy earth move about through
the terrific Prana (life) currents. Migrating in the
diverse halls of bodies, the King will consider as
true the unreal ghosts of Ahankara which impede
his progress in Atma-Jnana. Then when he flirts
with them, they will sometimes be and sometimes
not. The bodies composed of flesh called here
Grahas (houses) will appear and disappear like the
waves of the ocean. Moving in the different
Grahas, this King of Sankalpa will sometimes die,
the moment he comes into possession of them
through his Sankalpa. And so long as he is in the
clutches of Sankalpa, he will be greatly afflicted.
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