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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
and attained the Brahmic seat of eternal, heavenly
bliss? How does it happen that your mind is now
blessed with tranquillity, devoid of the desire of
enjoyment and free from instability? By what
chance do you possess this perfect beauty of both
mind and body? By your purity, I desire you to
answer me.
To this Chudala vouchsafed the following reply:
„Having abandoned this universe, which is both
rupa and Arupa, I attained that mighty and
incomparable One which survives the destruction
of all things in the universe; hence the radiant Tejas
in my body. I have cognised that which is the
substratum of all, being the atom of atoms and the
homogeneous whole without creation or
destruction; thus arises this radiant Tejas in my
form. Though I do not enjoy objects of the senses,
yet do I derive happiness therefrom without the
pains attendant upon such enjoyment, and
therefore love and hatred have taken farewell of
me. I exult through the divine vision (taught of in
books) in the company of Jnana, the mistress of the
household, who has love and hatred as hand-
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