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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Ghatikas, Gadhi s mind became cleared up of all
obscurations of Maya and began to ruminate upon
who he was, and what he saw and did in that state.
Then came he from the waters to the bank of the
tank; and then after having meditated upon the
similar manner in which all Jivas in this world run
about greatly agitated in their mind, like an angry
tiger ever chafing in a forest, was (temporarily)
relieved at heart, (in spite of his lingering doubts).
With these thoughts in his mind, he passed some
days in his hermitage, when there came upon the
spot a guest who was heartily regaled with honey
and fruit. At the time of Sandhya when the sun set
in, they both performed their daily Karmas and
returned to their respective seats of rest, where
they were engaged in Atma-Jnana stories. At this
time, Muni Gadhi enquired of the stranger the
cause of the extreme emaciation of his body.
To which the guest replied thus, „At the request of
my beloved relatives, I spent a month in the
famous and wealthy country of Keera situated on
the north of this earth. Whilst I was recouping my
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