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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
the period of youth which is conducive to men s
salvation (if properly utilized) is only ephemeral.
Having reflected well upon these things, quiescent
sages like yourselves are ever engaged in deep.-
Samadhi (meditation). The proclivities of my
discriminative mind are also towards the
identification of myself with; Kutastha (Brahman);
but like a lady separated from hen deaf lord, my
mind will neither attain the certainty of Brahman
nor incline towards material desires. Therefore in
this dilemma of mine, please point out to me that
ever resplendent and eternal seat devoid of pains,
frailties, Upadhis (or vehicles of matter), doubt or
delusion. What is that eternal state unapproachable
by pains wherein I shall remain unscathed by the
fire of sensual objects, though moving in them, like
a ball of mercury exposed to fire? Like the ocean
which is nothing else but its waters, Samsara
(mundane existence) rests on words only,
proceeding from the power of speech. How did the
righteous Great Ones manage to avoid the pains of
this world? Please be gracious enough to import, to
me that certainty of yours. Does not this supreme
state exist? Is, there not this state (sthiti) of
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