The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 4 (of 4), Part 2 (of 2)Valmiki
Religion
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 4 (of 4), Part 2 (of 2)
Valmiki
Hinduism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
45. The mountain tops also seem to clash against each other, and emit
a harsh and hideous noise about them; and the streams running amidst
them, appear as wearing necklaces with the loosened creepers and bushes
which they bore away.
46. Fragments of rocks are seen, to be borne away by the mountain
streams to the ocean; and the torn bushes which they carried down,
seemed to spread as far as the utmost pole.
47. Craggy hills seemed to crash each other with their denticulated
edges, and crashed and split themselves with their harsh and hideous
sounds.
48. The forest leaves with creepers were scattered all around by the
strong wind, and the broken stones of the mountain made their bed over
the moss below.
49. The tall _tála_ trees fell to the ground with _marmara_ sound, like
the wars of the Gods and Titans of yore; and all birds flew with a
harsh scream, like the crying of men at the last day of desolation of
the world.
50. All woods, stones and earth mixed together as one mass, like
_jaríkrita jíva_ in dream.
51. Silence reigned there like worm underneath the earth, and frog
underneath a stone, boy within the belly, and the seed within the fruit.
52. Like boiled rice and solidified liquid in the bowel, and the
sapling within the wall of a pillar.
53. The vital air ceased to blow, and the all things are blamed, as if
they are encased within the hollow of the earth.
54. Deep darkness reigned there, and _susupti_ appeared like deep dark
well within the cavern of a mountain.
55. As heavy food is digested by the digestive organ of the body, and
afterward by a separate juice a new energy comes within, so the vital
air which once disappeared, makes its appearance again.
56. As after digestion certain kind of juice appears within the body in
the shape of vitality, so stone begins to fall therein.
57. As fire increases more fire, a little adds little more; so the
combination of triple humours, composes the inward and outward essence
of the body.
58. Thus the living soul being confined within the bonds of the body,
and led by force of the triple humours (phlegm etc.); sees (by means of
its internal senses), the dreams of the absent world, as it beholds
the visions of the visible phenomena, with its external organs of sense.
59. It is according to the more or less excitement of the senses, by
the greater or less irritation of the humours, that the mind is liable
to view its internal vision, in a greater or less degree; but the
action of the humours being equable, the tenor of the mind runs in an
even course.
60. The living soul being beset by irritated humours (from the effects
of intoxication, mantras or poison and the like), looks abroad over the
wide world, and sees the earth and sky and the mountains to be turning
round; and flames of fire issuing from burning piles.
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