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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
UPASANTHI PRAKARANA
1. THE STORY OF KING JANAKA
Summary: Having shown in the previous chapter
the play of Chit (consciousness) alone shines as this
universe, the author through the nine stories stated
in this Prakarana, shows that this universe as
universe, ever is not.
According to the abovementioned words of Muni
Kacha, son of the Deva Guru (Jupiter), all these
universes are of the nature of Atma-Jnana only.
The delusion of birth and death will only haunt
those persons who have Rajas and Tamas gunas
and will abide in them as firmly as a dome
supported by strong pillars. But persons of
powerful Satvic tendency like yourself will ever be
free from the fear of births. Such Satvic men will
liberate themselves from the trammels of Maya,
like a serpent giving off one by one its sloughs.
Having contemplated that all are Brahman and the
„I‟ is that Brahman only, you should destroy the
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