Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
injurious ill-will of the mind would have purged
themselves of all stains with true glory of heart.
Those who have contemplated internally upon the
true meaning of Tatwa-Jnana Sastras and
discriminating thereby have put an end to all
desires, are like a sun that dispels darkness. Those
who have known the (real) express meaning (of the
Vedas) fit to be known, will find it to be clearly
impinged in their mind like water in a burnt
ground. Those who through incessant practice
have not cognized the Brahmic Principle those who
have not seen directly the eye of Jnana will ever
whirl with their mental modifications like a
withered leaf. Even though this Jnana is
imperishable, all persons do not try to know it and
are ever of a drooping heart. And all the egoisms
and threats of the ignorant ring for their
destruction in our ears, like arrows hissing in the
battle fields from the bows. These worthless
persons will but loiter their time and not cognize
the imperishable Jnana.
To the ignorant, the express significance (of the
Vedas) is like a thing sunk in mire. It is like the
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