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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Then this Mithya-Purusha bewailed the
disappearance of the Akasa in the following
manner, „Oh Akasa, in an instant have you
vanished with the disappearance of my house.
Where have you gone?‟ Having finished his
lamentations over this house Akasa, he created a
fresh well and entering into it without any
disturbance from without, became fondly attached
to the Akasa therein. Being disappointed as ever in
this second effort of his, when the well became
quite useless with time and was gradually filled
up, he again was afflicted in mind and cried aloud.
Then again to preserve the Akasa, he created a
fresh pot; and enamoured with its beautiful
structure, he gladly entered it and was chained in it
with affection. Time, oh Rama, set again its hands
on this vessel and disposed of it. Finding that all
the things, he created with great belief in their
permanency, became the victims of time, he dug a
pit in the ground and becoming greatly attached to
the Akasa therein, lived in it, as if permanent. Even
this was done away by the elephant of time, like
light dispelling darkness. Crying over its loss as
usual, he built again a circular abode with the four
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