Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
incomparable Dhyana, and descended from the
Akasa before her husband under the form of the
son of a great Brahmin. The King at once arose, and
paid him all due respect. This young Brahmin had
a beauteous form, and, upon his breast, was a
garland of pearls; he wore a white cloth and a
sacred thread; and stood in the air at some distance
from the ground. The King showed the newly
arrived guest to a seat beside him. The young
Brahmin returned the salutations of this royal Rishi
of true Tapas, and took a seat by his side; when the
King, with a full heart, thus spoke: It is only now
with your advent, son of a Deva, that I have reaped
the fruits of Atman. So saying, he showered on the
young Brahmin more devotions, regarding him as
his holy tutelary god. The Brahmin, advocating the
King, said: „Who in the world has the graceful
qualities and modesty which you evince? May you
live long! Did you, with a steadfast mind and with
all worldly delusions extinct in you, perform Tapas
only for the sake of obtaining salvation? Your
abode in this forest, after abandoning the state of a
King like unto Indra, may well be likened to Tapas
performed on the point of a sword! At these words
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