Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
arms which brought under my subjection, as if in
sport, all the earths in this universe?‟
To which the father was pleased to reply thus
„Who will be able to over-step the rigorous law of
the speedy and powerful minister? Even should
countless hosts of Devas and Asuras league
together to over-power him, they will never be able
to do so. Even though such rare weapons as discus,
spear and others be hurled at him, their powers
will be deadened like flowers aimed at a stone.
When overpowered by the King, the minister will
pay obeisance to him. Otherwise one can more
easily move the mountains of Mahameru than this
person. He will never be completely subdued
otherwise than through an intelligence of much
experience and skill. If you long to get at the
minister, he will hiss at you like an angry serpent
and burn you. In order to remove the doubts under
which you are labouring, now proceed to state
what the king, his minister, country, etc., do
symbolize. The country in the story
aforementioned, stand for the incomparable and
eternal Moksha. The king mentioned therein is the
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