Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
desire another person named Jivata. Now the mind
functioning in the body of Jivata roamed in the
streets of a certain town produced by a similar
phantasy and then dwelt there. There he quaffed in
sport some alcohol, became quite excited thereby
and went to sleep through its soporific effect, like a
bee intoxicated with money. In that sleep he
dreamed of becoming another Brahmin, like a tree
becoming a seed. The Brahmin in the dream now
became a sovereign over earth. Then again this
king became an erudite Brahmin in his dream.
Through the mental reflection, this Brahmin Pandit
seemed as if to go to another country and live in it
for some days. Then he slept one night and found
himself transformed into a celestial lady in his
dream. She, tired of her amorous sports, was
locked in the embrace of deep sleep, when she
metamorphosed herself into a hoofed hind. This
hind, while asleep, saw itself as a creeper with
which it is ever associated. Oh king, even beasts
will have in their dream the reflections of objects
which their minds have cognized in the waking
state, through sight or hearing‟. This creeper which
shone with diverse flowers, soft tendrils, fruits,
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