Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
be defiled then like a muddy stream. The gigantic
car of ) routh grows more and more in this forest of
body and then the deer of mind falls giddily into
the pit of sensual objects in it. The pains increase so
long as there are the pleasures of youth to be
enjoyed. Similarly too, the desires increase
mightily till the youth is over and work manifold
mischief. He only is a man who has acquired the
power to easily attain (while young) salvation,
overcoming all the obstacles of youth. Such a
person is it that is fit to be worshipped by all, is
truly wise and is one that has known his true state.
Is there to be found in this universe, the period of
youth (in the lives of any) fraught with such
inestimable qualities as grace, humility, etc. and fit
to be the safe asylum (of persons)? We may as well
look for a spacious forest in the sky above.‟
Lust - „What happiness is there to be derived from
the string-tossed puppets of female bodies
composed of joints, muscles, bones and flesh? Oh,
there will arise very fine desires no doubt, for
women having soft tendrils of hair, if we once
dissect (or analyse), with our minds, their eyes and
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