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
45. Be tolerant, composed and even-minded; remain tranquil, taciturn
and meek in your mind; and be as a rich jewel, shining with your
internal light. Thus you will be freed from the feverish vexations of
this worldly life.
46. Be rational and dispassionate and calm in your desire; remain sober
minded and free from ardent expectations; and rest satisfied with what
you get of your own lot, in order to be freed from the feverish heat of
worldliness.
47. Be unimpassioned and unperturbed with earthly cares; be pure and
sinless, and neither be penurious nor prodigal, if you will be freed
from the fever heat of this world.
48. Be free from all anxiety, O Ráma! by your obtaining of that good
which the world cannot give, and which satisfies all our earthly wants.
Have this supermundane bliss, O Ráma, and be as full as the ocean, and
free from the feverish cares of this world.
49. Be loosened from the net of thy loose desires, and wipe off the
unguent of delusive affections from thy eyes: let thy soul rest
satisfied with thyself, and be freed from the feverish anxieties of the
world.
बिकल्पजाल निर्म्मुक्त मायाञ्जनार्ब्बर्जितः ।
आत्मनात्मनितृप्तात्मविज्वरोभबराघव ॥ ४६ ॥
50. With your spiritual body reaching beyond the unbounded space, and
rising above the height of the highest mountain, be freed from the
feverish and petty cares of life.
51. By enjoyment of what you get (as your lot), and by asking of naught
of any body anywhere; by your charity rather than your want or asking
of it, you must be free from the fever of life.
52. Enjoy the fulness of your soul in yourself like the sea, and
contain the fulness of your joy in your own soul like the full moon. Be
self-sufficient with the fulness of your knowledge and inward bliss.
53. Knowing this world as unreal as a pseudoscopic sight, no wise man
is misled to rely in its untruthful scenes. So you Ráma, that are
knowing and visionary, and are sane and sound headed, and of
enlightened understanding, must be always charming with your perfect
ease from sorrow and care.
54. Now Ráma! reign over this unrivalled sovereignty, by the direction
of your sovran Sire, and manage well everything under your own
inspection. This kingdom is fraught with every blessing, and the rulers
are all loyal to their king. Therefore you must neither leave out to do
what is your duty, nor be elated with your happy lot of royalty.
CHAPTER VI.
LECTURE ON THE DISCHARGE OF DUTY.
Argument. Effect of Acts, Transmigration of souls and their Liberation
in Life time.
Vasishtha continued:—In my opinion, a man is liberated who does his
works from a sense of his duty, and without any desire of his own or
sense of his own agency in it. (Here subjection to allotted duty, is
said to be his freedom; but that to one’s own desire or free choice, is
called to be his bondage and slavery).
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