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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Jnana in him, as the lost cowrie was the cause of
the hunter finding the gem.‟
With this, Vasistha returned to the story of
Sikhidwaja. „Being without Atma-Jnana, the King
began to reel under illusion and gave way to grief,
regarding the enormous wealth he had so easily
acquired as destructive as a great forest-fire. He
therefore gave various rare gifts, underwent many
religious observances, and bathed in the holy
water; but yet he was not free from the load of grief
in his mind. Sorely afflicted at heart, he drew to
him his wife Chudala, and poured forth his heart
to her thus: I have now abandoned all love of
sovereignty and wealth, and I desire to enter the
forest life. There neither pleasure nor pain, neither
danger nor wealth, haunt those who live noble
lives. Let me no longer associate with the delusions
of this earth. A forest life is, in all respects,
preferable to the regal one, wherein the longing
after life and property do not die. Even the cool
moon or the God Brahma, or Indra, the Lord of the
Devas rolling in great wealth, cannot enjoy that
bliss which comes to a self- centred mind free from
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