Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
to be averted by the control of the organs of action
(Karmendriyas), will the bliss arising therefrom
compare in any way with that generated by the
renunciation of bodily pains through the path of
Jnana? Even in the case of Brahma and others, who
have Karmendriyas (organs of action) on one side
and Jnanendriyas (organs of sense) on the other
side of the body, the certain dictates of the
imperishable Law demand that they cannot rise
above the Avasthas incidental to their body, even
though they are illumined in mind. As both
Ajnanis and Jnanis are exposed to the visible
objects of the world, they both move only in
consonance with the universal Law, like the waters
in an ocean. Daily do Jnanis, through the certainty
of their intelligence, looking equally upon all,
perform unruffled their duties so long as they are
relieved from their bodies. But Ajnanis are ever
agitated by and drowned in pains and pleasures.
They are born in different bodies and follow the
laws regulating them.
Now I shall describe to you the pains I underwent
in my path. Are not pains which are like unto a
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