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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
(Arjuna) will pass his time fearlessly, so also, Oh
Rama, shall you pass your time.
Then Rama queried: When will Arjuna (Vijaya) be
born? And what will Sree Krishna, the Lord of
Lakshmi initiate him into? Then Vasistha related
the path pointed out by Sree Krishna to Vijaya in
the following manner: Yama (death) will, at the
end of every four Yugas, brood over the carnage of
Jivas (egos) perpetrated by him during the Yugas
and therefore will perform Tapas, At one period,
he will sit at it for eight years; at another, for ten
years; at another, for twelve years. Sometimes he
will sit for five years; again for seven years; again
for sixteen years, and so on. While Yama thus
performs Tapas without slaying any Jiva, the Jivas
will become so great in number that the earth will
be thickset with them. It is at this juncture that the
Lord has been relieving the earth of its burden
through proper means from the very
commencement. Then will the four Yugas, the
countless Jivas, the universes and all else will
perish.
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