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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
have deemed it your duty to point out the path to
me, you alone art my Acharya, my parent and my
friend. Therefore, do I prostrate myself before you
as your steadfast disciple. Be you graciously
pleased to accept me as your disciple. Be pleased,
O you equal unto Brahma, to enlighten me upon
that One Principle which you have cognized as the
most bounteous, the One which, if known by a
person, relieves him from all pains, and confers the
blissful Sat.‟
To which Kumbha-Muni replied: I can enlighten
you, only if you will concentrate your mind, which
now runs quickly from one object to another, with
singleness of purpose. Otherwise the Guru s
words, taken lightly and not conceived and
meditated upon, would be of no avail even though
heard. How can the eyes perceive objects in the
darkness? Here the king affirmed that he would
receive the words with implicit faith, as the
teachings of the Vedas, and would meditate upon
them truly through the Muni s grace. On hearing
these words, the lovely Muni continued: I have to
demand as a first condition that you, O valiant
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