Transcriber’s Notes
Inconsistent punctuation has been silently corrected.
Obvious misspellings have been silently corrected, and the following
corrections made to the text. Other spelling and hyphenation variations
have not been modified.
Page 12, section 23 - the did -> did the
Page 55, section 45 - can comesout -> can come out
Page 73, section 16 - various by styled -> variously styled
Page 77, section 9 - and our is beyond -> and is beyond our
Page 116, section 20 - pollen of -> pollen of flowers
Page 339, section 37 - objects our worldly -> objects <of> our worldly
Page 357, section 60 - and do not grove -> and do not grovel
Angle brackets: <...> have been used by the transcriber to indicate light
editing of the text to insert missing words.
On pages 88-89, Section 53 is numbered twice. This has not been modified.
The spelling of Sanskrit words are normalized to some extent, including
correct/addition of accents where necessary. Note that the author uses
á, í, ú to indicate long vowels. This notation has not been changed.
The Sanskrit words in Devanagari script in footnote 3 are unclear in the
original text. They are rendered here as a best guess by the transcriber.
The LPP edition (1999) which has been scanned for this ebook, is of poor
quality, and in some cases text was missing. Where possible, the
missing/unclear text has been supplied from another edition, which has
the same typographical basis (both editions are photographical reprints
of the same source, or perhaps one is a copy of the other): Bharatiya
Publishing House, Delhi 1978.
A third edition, Parimal Publications, Delhi 1998, which is based on an
OCR scanning of the same typographical basis, has also been consulted.
The term “Gloss.” or “Glossary” probably refers to the extensive classical
commentary to Yoga Vásishtha by Ananda Bodhendra Saraswati. (Only
available in Sanskrit).
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THE
YOGA-VÁSISHTHA
MAHÁRÁMÁYANA
OF
VÁLMÍKI
in 4 vols. in 7 pts.
(Bound in 4.)
Vol. 2 (In 2 pts.)
Bound in one.
Containing
Utpatti Khanda, Sthiti Prakarana and
Upasama Khanda to Chapter LIII.
_Translated from the original Sanskrit
By_
VIHARI LALA MITRA
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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
UTPATTI KHANDA.
BOOK III.
PAGE
CHAPTER LI.
Description of Sindhu’s Dominions 1
CHAPTER LII.
State of Man after Death 4
CHAPTER LIII.
Representations of Reminiscence 10
CHAPTER LIV.
Reflections on Death 15
CHAPTER LV.
The States of Life and Death 23
CHAPTER LVI.
State of the Soul after Death 31
CHAPTER LVII.
Phenomena of Dreaming 37
CHAPTER LVIII.
Revival of Padma 43
CHAPTER LIX.
Extinction of Padma’s Life 48
CHAPTER LX.
On Duration and Time and Thoughts of the 50
Mind
CHAPTER LXI.
On the Nature of the World 59
CHAPTER LXII.
Interpretation of Destiny 64
CHAPTER LXIII.
Immutability of the Divine Mind 69
CHAPTER LXIV.
The Germinating Seed 71
CHAPTER LXV.
Nature of the Living Soul 76
CHAPTER LXVI.
Meditation of the Subjective and 78
Objective
CHAPTER LXVII.
Lecture on Truth 81
CHAPTER LXVIII.
Description of a Rákshasí (or female 94
fiend)
CHAPTER LXIX.
Story of Visúchiká 97
CHAPTER LXX.
Conduct of Visúchí, or the Adventures of 100
the Needle
CHAPTER LXXI.
Remorse of Súchí 110
CHAPTER LXXII.
Fervour of Súchí’s Devotion 115
CHAPTER LXXIII.
Nárada’s Relation of Súchí’s Devotion 119
CHAPTER LXXIV.
Consummation of Súchí’s Devotion 127
CHAPTER LXXV.
Súchí’s regaining her former frame 131
CHAPTER LXXVI.
Refraining from Unlawful Food 134
CHAPTER LXXVII.
Deliberation of Karkatí 137
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
Conference of the Rákshasí 141
CHAPTER LXXIX.
Interrogatories of the Rákshasí 147
CHAPTER LXXX.
Solution of the Questions 153
CHAPTER LXXXI.
Congeries of Spiritual Doctrines 162
CHAPTER LXXXII.
Friendship of the Rákshasí 176
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
Worship of Kandará Alias Mangala 182
CHAPTER LXXXIV.
Development of the germ of the mind 185
CHAPTER LXXXV.
Interview of Brahmá and the Sun 194
CHAPTER LXXXVI.
Story of Indu and his sons 200
CHAPTER LXXXVII.
Analecta of the Celestial Spheres 207
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
Indifference of Brahmá 209
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
Story of Indra and Ahalyá 212
CHAPTER LXXXX.
Love of the Fictitious Indra and Ahalyá 218
CHAPTER LXXXXI.
Incarnation of the Living Soul or Jíva 220
CHAPTER LXXXXII.
On the Powers of Mind 228
CHAPTER LXXXXIII.
A view of the Genesis of the mind and 233
Body
CHAPTER LXXXXIV.
Brahma the Origin of All 237
CHAPTER LXXXXV.
Identity of the Actor and his Action 241
CHAPTER LXXXXVI.
Inquiry into the Nature of Mind 246
CHAPTER LXXXXVII.
The Magnitude of the Sphere of the 258
Intellect
CHAPTER LXXXXVIII.
History of the Human Heart 263
CHAPTER LXXXXIX.
History of the Heart 268
CHAPTER C.
Healing of the Heart 273
CHAPTER CI.
Story of the Boy and Three Princes 279
CHAPTER CII.
On the Indivisibility and Immortality of 286
the Soul
CHAPTER CIII.
On the Nature of the Mind 292
CHAPTER CIV.
Story of a Magic Scene 295
CHAPTER CV.
The Breaking of the Magic spell 301
CHAPTER CVI.
The Talisman of the King’s Marriage with 304
a Chandála Maid
CHAPTER CVII.
Description of a Train of Dangers 312
CHAPTER CVIII.
Description of a Drought and Dearth 318
CHAPTER CIX.
Migration of the Chandálas 322
CHAPTER CX.
Description of Mind 326
CHAPTER CXI.
Healing of the Heart and Mind 335
CHAPTER CXII.
The Restlessness of the Mind and its 341
Cure
CHAPTER CXIII.
Description of Ignorance and Delusion 344
(Avidyá)
CHAPTER CXIV.
Description of Errors 351
CHAPTER CXV.
Causes of Happiness and Misery 360
CHAPTER CXVI.
Birth and Incarnation of Adepts in Yoga 364
CHAPTER CXVII.
Different States of Knowledge and 368
Ignorance
CHAPTER CXVIII.
Directions to the Stages of Knowledge 373
CHAPTER CXIX.
Illustration of the Gold-ring 377
CHAPTER CXX.
Lamentation of the Chandála Woman 383
CHAPTER CXXI.
Proof of the futility of Mind 387
CHAPTER CXXII.
Ascertainment of the Self or Soul 396
YOGA VÁSISHTHA.
BOOK III.
UTPATTI KHANDA.