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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
delusion (of knowledge), are also non-existent.
Hence also all objects which are not of the nature of
the cause are illusory, like the conception of a
serpent in a rope.
Then the King asked: There were the many
creations of Brahman, who is the primeval one in
the universe. How then can you say that Brahman
is not the cause of the Universe?
Kumbha-Muni replied: Prior to (every fresh)
creation Parabrahman alone shines as Sat, which is
the non-dual and the quiescent. As „That‟ alone is
without a second, the Supreme Brahman cannot be
the Cause.
The King asked: Then is not Parabrahman the
cause of Brahma?
And Kumbha-Muni replied: Parabrahman is that
which is emancipation itself, the imperishable, the
immeasurable, the immaculate, the birthless and
deathless, without pain, without distinctions,
having no period, the beginningless and endless,
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