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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
and entered the Huna-Mandala 85 where he saw his
birthplace and the other places he dwelt in. All
being there as he saw (before in his Samadhi), he
shook his head in surprise and after surveying all
the diverse creations of Brahma, he proceeded still
further to the Keera country where he saw without
any, missing, his former palace and other familiar
resorts of his, as well as heard the events of his life
related by the people there. Is this the Maya that
Vishnu acquainted me with? Through the
wonderful seed of my intelligence, have I been able
to observe all these.
With these thoughts in his mind, he at once
reached the slopes of a great hill and became an
incomparable Tapaswin. A rare Tapas was there
performed by him to gladden Vishnu, with a
handful of water as his food. After the lapse of a
year spent in such Tapas, Vishnu appeared
personally before him in his hermitage in the form
of a dark blue cloud and addressed him thus. You
have seen the glory of Maya in its true colours,
85 the country of Hunas or the lower caste men
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