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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Vishnu and others. He was the son of the noble
Virochana and reigned powerfully for ten crores of
years. Having ascended the topmost story of his
palace teeming with windows and bedecked with
gems brought from the Mahameru heights
surrounded by guards, alone he gave vent to the
following train of reflections with a mind
disgusted with material pleasures and
contemplating upon Samsara (this mundane
existence). Of what avail to me is this undisputed
sovereignty of mine which has enabled me to enjoy
from a long time the wealth of all these three
incomparable worlds? When I begin to
contemplate upon the pleasures of wealth which
flit away at once, wherever and whosoever enjoyed
in the past, I find I am but repeating the same
actions as yester day, yielding but momentary
happiness. Enjoyed things do recur again. Things
seen yesterday do again present themselves to-day.
Ornaments worn with exultation yesterday, are
again donned by us. And yet we find that even
intelligent persons do not become disgusted with
them and are not ashamed to enjoy them again and
again. Like ignorant children that do taste again
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