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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
without the obscuration of thoughts! Though
seeming to be mobile or immobile or quiescent, it is
yet without such actions. Though performing all
actions, it is yet without desires therein. Like the
breeze fanning the soft tendrils, this Jnana-Atman
causes Antahkarana (the lower mind) having
Manas, etc. to move. Like a team of horses led by a
charioteer, It alone will ever goad on the painful
organs to work. It is He who is sought after by the
bodies and organs. It is He who is- praised by the
organ of speech. It is He who is meditated upon by
the mind. It is He who causes birth and death to-be
bridged over. It is He who can be easily attained to.
It is He who can cognise all. It is He who is the bee
producing the humming sound 79 in the heart-lotus
of all creatures. I have no love or hatred towards
sensual enjoyments. Let me attain those things, I
am destined to get; let me not long after those
things, I am not destined to get. Originally I
became oblivious of discrimination and other
blissful things through my inimical Ajnana, but
79 This is said to be the Anahata Sabda or the sound said to arise from
the heart as stated in our Upanishads.
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