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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
shines in its real nature, devoid of the visibles and
the visual. I have now become that all-full Principle
which, being of the nature of Jnana without any
objects to bind it, pervades all objects at one and
the same time and is the quiescent Jnanakasa and
intelligence, itself.‟ Then contemplating upon {or
uttering) Pranava (Om) mentally which is the real
significance of the Absolute-Jnana, he entered
trance-like into Dhyana (meditative) state and then
freed from Sankalpas, karmas, the three kinds of
desires (for wife, sons and wealth), doubts,
contemplation, intelligence and objects as well as
their substratum the knower, he was statue-like in
Samadhi for a long period. Thus did the Emperor
Bali remain immobile like the light of a lamp in a
windless place. And since he shone as the Absolute
Sat without the stains of love and hatred and with
a replete mind, such a state can best be likened to a
clear sky in the autumnal season, when no clouds
mantle it.
While the Emperor passed thus his days in
Samadhi, the courtiers serving under him repaired
to the topmost story of the king s mansion in
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