The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 2 (of 4), Part 2 (of 2)Valmiki
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The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 2 (of 4), Part 2 (of 2)
Valmiki
Hinduism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
51. The vanities of the world, are fraught with sorrow, therefore
discard all its appendages from thee. The abandonment of superfluity,
will conduce to thy attainment of wisdom at last.
52. The mind being composed of vain desires, is an unreality in itself;
say therefore, O Ráma! why should you sorrow for something which in
reality is nothing.
53. Do you, O Ráma! look upon all things as traps set to ensnare the
soul; and regard them with the eye of an unkind kinsman looking upon
his relatives, with an eye of apathy and unconcern.
54. As the unkind relative is unconcerned with the joys and griefs of
his relations; so shouldst thou remain aloof from all things, by
knowing the falsehood of their natures.
55. Rely on that eternal Spirit, which is infinite knowledge and
felicity, and which is between the viewer and the view (_i.e._ betwixt
the noumenon and the phenomenon). The mind being fixed to that truth,
will adhere to it as clay, after the swiftness of its flight is at an
end.
56. The airy flight of the mind being restrained, the sluggish body
must cease to run about; and the cloud of the dust of ignorance, will
no more spread over the city of the world.
57. When the rains of our desires are over, and the calmness of the
mind is restored; when the shuddering coldness of dulness has fled,
and when the mud of worldliness is dried up:—
58. When the channel of our thirst is dried up, and the drinking pots
are sucked up and emptied; when the forest of the heart is cleared, and
its brambles are rooted out, and the frost of false knowledge has
disappeared:—
59. It is then that the mist of error vanishes from view, like the
shadow of night on the approach of dawn; and the frigidity of dullness
is put to flight, like the poison of snake-bite by the potent charm of
mantras.
60. Then the rivulets of our desires, do not run down the rock of the
body; nor do the peacocks of our fleeting wishes, fly and sport on its
top.
61. The sphere of our consciousness becomes as the clear sky; and the
luminary of the living soul, shines as brightly over it as the midday
sun.
62. The cloud of error is dispelled and succeeded by the light of
reason; and the longings of the soul, being purified of their dross,
make it shine brilliantly amidst its sphere.
63. Then raptures of serene delight, shoot forth in the soul like
blooming blossoms in the open air; and a cool light is shed upon it,
like the cooling beams of the autumnal moon.
64. This ecstacy of the soul, unfolds all prosperity before it, and
fructifies with abundance the well cultivated ground of the reasoning
mind. (Truth is the fruit of holy joy in the reasonable mind).
65. It sheds its clear lustre all over the world, and shows the depths
of the hills and forests, and everything on earth in their clearest
light. (Heavenly joy unfolds all things to light).
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