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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Bhusunda replied: „Who will be able to overstep
the strict ordinances of Parameswara? His will is
that I should thus act and the other Yogis should
act in the way they did. As every pre-ordained
event should act out its results, they will inevitably
come to pass. Such is the unerring nature of this
Law.‟
I queried him thus: „As you, who are well versed in
the Jnana of Brahman and Sastras art also
acquainted with all the marvels of the three worlds
through your Yoga power, please inform me
without fail of all that fell under your vision.‟
The Yogi replied: „There was a time when for
eleven thousand years, this earth was one
(nebulous) mass of dust filled with stones but
without mountains, trees or grass even appearing
in it for a long time. In one Chatur-Yuga (four
yugas), this earth was one vast forest. In another
Chatur-Yuga, it was one chain of mountains
without any earth to separate it. In another Chatur-
Yuga, the whole earth was overspread with
Vindhya hills without Rishi Agastya In one
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