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
50. This ego is myself that gives existence to all being, and it is I
in whom they live and move about; and being at last forsaken by me, the
whole existence dwindles into nothing. (The ego is the individual as
well the universal soul).
51. Whatever image is impressed in the clear mirror or mould of my
intellect, the same and no other is in real existence, because there is
nothing that exists beside or apart from myself.
52. I am the fragrance of flowers, and the hue of their leaves; I am
the figure of all forms, and the perception of perceptibles.
53. Whatever movable or immovable thing is visible in this world; I am
the inmost heart of it, without having any of its desires in my heart.
54. As the prime element of moisture, is diffused in nature in the form
of water; so is my spirit overspread in vegetables and all things at
large in the form of vacuum. (Which is in the inside and outside of
every thing).
55. I enter in the form of consciousness, into the interior of
everything; and extend in the manner of various sensation at my own
will.
56. As butter is contained in milk and moisture is inherent in water;
so is the power of the intellect spread in all beings, and so the ego
is situated in the interior of all things.
57. The world exists in the intellect, at all times of the present,
past and future ages; and the objects of intelligence, are all inert
and devoid of motion; like the mineral and vegetable productions of
earth.
58. I am the all-grasping and all-powerful form of Virát, which fills
the infinite space, and is free from any diminution or decrease of its
shape and size. I am this all-pervading and all-productive power, known
as Virát múrti or macrocosm (in distinction from the _súkshma-deha_ or
microcosm).
59. I have gained my boundless empire over all worlds, without my
seeking or asking for it; and without subduing it like Indra of old or
crushing the gods with my arms. (Man is the lord of the world of his
own nature, or as the poet says:—“I am the Monarch of all I survey, and my
right there is none to dispute”).
60. O the extensive spirit of God! I bow down to that spirit in my
spirit; and find myself lost in it, as in the vast ocean of the
universal deluge.
61. I find no limit of this spirit; as long as I am seated in the
enjoyment of my spiritual bliss; but appear to move about as a minute
mollusk, in the fathomless expanse of the milky ocean.
62. This temple of Brahmánda or mundane world, is too small and
straitened for the huge body of my soul; and it is impossible for me
to be contained in it, as it is for an elephant to enter into the hole
of a needle.
63. My body stretches beyond the region of Brahmá, and my attributes
extend beyond the categories of the schools, and there is no definite
limitation given of them to this day.
64. The attribute of a name and body to the unsupported soul is a
falsehood, and so is it to compress the unlimited soul within the
narrow bounds of the body.
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