Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
be performed. With their performance, the
incomparable mundane existence will arise. May
therefore Prahlada, the lord of Asuras live, until
the end of the Kalpa in this his present garb of
body, inasmuch as the whole creation will cease to
exist with the extinction of the Asuras, etc.‟
Therefore in order to continue and maintain the
divine law of justice of the great Lord
(Parameswara), the red- eyed Vishnu quitted his
serpent couch and approached Prahlada in his
world of Patala which was like unto Satya Loka 81
itself. Seated on his vehicle of Garuda 82 (eagle),
having on his right hand Lakshmi of red arms
waving the chowries and saluted by the Munis and
Devas and accoutred on both sides by the five
weapons, the beneficent Vishnu caused his
Panchajanya (conch) to be sounded in order to
intimate to Prahlada his arrival. Through the
terrible reverberating sound which pierced the
earth, the skies and the quarters, Prahlada who
81 Satya loka the 7th, viz., Brahm loka
82 Garuda stands for a Manwantara
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