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
15. Thy bright form which is interwoven by the rays of light, is
visible to us by inversion of the sight of the pupils of our eyes, into
the inmost recesses of our heart.
16. As the feeling of heat and cold is perceived by touch, and as the
fragrance of the flower is felt in the oil with which it is mixed; so I
feel thy presence by thy coming in contact with my heart.
17. As the sound of music enters into the heart through the ears, and
makes the heart strings to thrill, and the hairs of the body to stand
at an end; so is thy presence perceived in our hearts also.
18. As the objects of taste are felt by the tip of the tongue, which
conveys their relish to the mind; so is thy presence felt by my heart,
when thou touchest it with thy love.
19. How can one slight to look and lay hold on his inner soul which
shoots through every sense of his body; when he takes up a sweet
scenting flower, perceptible by the sense of smelling only, and finally
decorating his outer person with it.
20. How can the supreme spirit, which is well known to us by means of
the teachings of the Vedas, Vedánta, Sidhántas and the Puránas, as also
by the Logic of schools and the hymns of the Vedas, be any way
forgotten by us?
21. These things which are pleasant to the bodily senses, do not
gladden my heart, when it is filled by thy translucent presence.
22. It is by thy effulgent light, that the sun shines so bright; as it
is by thy benign lustre also, that the moon dispenses her cooling beams.
23. Thou hast made these bulky rocks, and upheld the heavenly bodies;
thou hast supported the stable earth, and lifted the spacious firmament.
24. Fortunately thou hast become myself, and I have become one with
thyself, I am identic with thee and thou with me, and there is no
difference between us.
25. I thank the great spirit, that is expressed by turns by the words
myself and thyself; and mine and thine.
26. I thank the infinite God, that dwells in my unegoistic mind; and I
thank the formless Lord, that dwells in my tranquil soul.
27. Thou dwellest, O Lord! in my formless, tranquil, transparent and
conscious soul, as thou residest in thy own spirit, which is unbounded
by the limitations of time and space.
28. It is by thee that the mind has its action, and the senses have
their sensations; the body has all its powers, and the vital and
respirative breaths have their inflations and afflations.
29. The organs of the body are led by the rope of desire to their
several actions, and being united with flesh, blood and bones, are
driven like the wheels of a car by the charioteer of the mind.
30. I am the consciousness of my body, and am neither the body itself
nor my egoism of it; let it therefore rise or fall, it is of no
advantage or disadvantage to me.
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