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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
In conformity to this universal law, Yama, the
son 122 of the sun will retire into solitude for the
performance of Tapas for twelve years, satiated
with the carnage of Jivas, in order to attain a state
free from the trammels of pains. Then the goddess
of earth unable to bear the load of the
multitudinous hosts of non-deceased Jivas will fly
for asylum to Vishnu. Vishnu, exhorting her to
return with the promise that he would incarnate on
earth in two forms, one as the son of Vasudeva and
another as the son of Pandu will fulfil his promise
by passing under the two names of Vasudeva
(Krishna) and Vijaya (Arjuna). Then the victorious
sons of Dhritarashtra, Duryodhana and others
along with their kith and kin will 123 wage an unjust
war with Arjuna and his hosts. In the battlefield,
melting with compassion at the prospect of the
death of his innumerable kinsmen, Arjuna will
relax his hold over his bow and faint. On account
of which, Krishna will initiate him into Jnana. Now
mark well the truths which Krishna, the Sariri (the
122 The present sun of ours is called Vivaswan, the father of the present
Manu.
123 This shows that the incidents herein were before the Bharata war.
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