Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Danavas who are the night-rovers bearing axes
having ceased to exist, all the Devas will be
deprived of war in their absence and will become
quiescent and attain Moksha. With the quiescence
of Devas, all the Yajnas done on earth in their
honour as well as Tapas, etc., will be barren of
results, and therefore fade away from earth. With
the cessation of the laborious performance of these
Yajnas, and other actions, the universe will have to
come to a standstill. And then all created objects
will cease to exist. Should all the created objects
such as the sun, moon, etc., disappear, then we
shall have to give up this form of ours and reach
the non-differentiated state of “That”. Were all the
archaic universes to perish before their allotted
time, then no real benefit (or law) will reign in this
world. To remedy the defect, we have to resort to
the following expedient. May the Asuras prosper
long. In their longevity only lies war 80. With the
opportunity of war, Devas will rise in great
numbers. With their advent, Yajnas and Tapas will
80 This shows that in the opposition of the two principles, Devas Asuras
in the world, lies the preservation of the universe.
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