Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
floor, he stole out in the dead of night, unperceived
by her. Having given out to the people outside that
he was going on a city patrol, he desired them to
stay where they were, and departed from the town.
Then, bidding adieu to his great, but enslaving
possessions, he entered into the forest, crossing, in
the course of twelve days, many rivers and hills. At
last he reached the in accessible forest on the slopes
of the Mandara Hills, and took up his abode there,
in a spot surrounded by tanks replete with lotuses,
and by delicious flowers. There he erected a
parnasala (raised shed), and furnished himself with
a bamboo- rod, a rosary for recitation of Mantras, a
cloth, vessels to hold fruits, etc., and deer skins.
Then, in order to perform Tapas, in the first Yama
(3 hours), he performed the Sandhyavandhana
rites; in the second, he gathered flowers; in the
third he performed worship to Devas; and in the
fourth he fed upon fruits fit for food. All night
through he was engaged in the chanting of
Mantras. Thus did the King per form Tapas.
Chudala who was sleeping in the palace, awoke;
and not finding her lord who had lain by her, was
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