Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
marvellous to see the heterogeneities of the
universe. Even the greatest of persons will in
course of time become the lowest of the low. Oh,
my mind which fancies as real the ephemeral
wealth of this world, whence these illusory
thoughts of thine? Enjoyments, great men and their
kindred have appeared in former times. Where
then is the certitude of existence of all objects now?
The innumerable earths with their rulers and their
wealth have all perished like fine sands; the Deva
lokas with their Indras and wealth have all
disappeared like fish in the sky above; no limit can
be imposed upon the number of universes,
Brahmas, mundane eggs and Jivas that have come
and gone. Oh afflicting mind, where then are all
the objects that have vanished out of sight? Where
then is the permanency of your existence? It is only
by bestowing my desires on the illusion of the long
dream of bodily delusion in the sable night of the
unreal Maya that I have debased myself to this
ignorant state. Enough, enough with all the deaths
I had undergone in previous times. I have never
been able to find that beneficent Kala (time) which
does not put an end to any object. Not one
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