Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
mansion; while at the same time the King eked out
his life of suffering in the forest.
Finding that the time was ripe for her to see her
husband, she went forth one night and walked the
skies. Having mounted on the shoulders of Vayu
(air), invisible to all, she alighted on the Mandara
Hills, and saw there a decrepit and melancholy
body, which, at first, she did not know for her
husband; but having, by her powers of great Yoga,
discovered it to be none other than he, she yielded
to her grief and gave vent to these words: Lo! Dire
is Ajnana it the King is groaning I in pain. I have
undoubtedly the power to confer Atma-Jnana on
him at this instant; yet, lest he should spurn me if I,
his young wife, should appear in my present form,
I will assume another form suitable to accomplish
my end. Moreover, the King is in a state of mind
which permits of his Ajnana (ignorance) being
dissipated. At a single word from me, Jnana will
reflect itself in his now ripened mind.
Therefore, availing herself of this most opportune
hour, she changed her bodily form by her
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