Now that we have accomplished our object of seeing the different states of the universe according to our thought please acquaint me with thy further wish. So said Saraswati to Divine Lila, at which the latter asked the former. “ How come that during our Samadhi, the persons seated in the regal assembly were unable to see me whilst those in the beautiful house alone were so able ?”
Saraswati replied “It is only through the development of Jnana that all the dual substances in this world will become non-dual. As thou wert in possession of Jnana (knowledge) not freed from the thoughts of “ I” (or individuality), the true (or voluntary) Sankalpa did not arise in thee. Hence it was that all those in the royal assembly were not able to see thee. But then in the second case, with the possession of the true Jndna divested of all thoughts of individuality, thou created the conception of u I” through thy own Sankalpa and it was only then that the sons, etc. did see thee.”
Then Lila overjoyed gave vent to the following words “ Through thy
grace, Oh Saraswati, I have known all my former births as clear as daylight. I have cleansed myself of all sins arising from the three gunas. After being differentiated as a separate entity out of the one Brahman, 1 have undergone different births in 800 bodies. Like bees in a lotus flower, I have been inhabiting the many worlds created through Maya-Vikalpa (or the modifications of Maya). I was born as a Vidyadhara lady and then as a human being through the force of Vasanas. In another loka of Maya-Vikalpa, I went through a series of births in the different bodies of Indrani, a huntress clad in leaves, a bird rending the snare it was enmeshed in, a king of Sourdshtra country and a musquito. Thus have I been whirling in many births, and having been tossed too and fro in the clutches of Maya, like a straw in ocean waves, I have now been landed safely on the shore of Mukti (Salvation) through thy aid.” Thus did Lila eulogise her and both then mounted up the Akasa.
Passing through the Akasa by dint of Yoga power, they went to where Padma was and saw his body. After that was over, they went to where the king Viduratha was, who was the second incarnation of king Padma. At this juncture, both these peacock-like ladies observed the incomparable king of Sindhu of tremendous prowess march against Viduratha. A fierce war was waged between the two armies, striking terror into the heart of Death even. Viduratha s innumerable army was reduced by the enemy to an eighth of its original number. Then the sun disappeared from view, as if afraid of either this terrible war or the mountain heap of carcases. With the setting in of intense darkness, both the armies ceased to battle. With the dis appearance from the field of the enemies hosts, king Vidu- ratha returned with a broken heart along with the shattered remnants of his army to his own palace. Whilst he rested upstairs in sleep, Saraswati and Lila came up to where he lay. Being quite refreshed by their Tejas (radiant effulgence) which was like the nectary rays of the moon, his lotus-like eyes began to bloom and beheld, before him, these two ladies whom he saluted and eulogised.
Then in order to acquaint Lila with the glorious lineage of this race, Saraswati willed that the minister lying hard by the king should wake up from his deep sleep. Instantane ously, the minister shook off his lethargy and seeing Saras wati saluted her. At which she asked him to trace from the beginning, the history of the king s family. The minister then began thus In the race of ManuVaivaswata,* the most esteemed of kings, there was born a king of the name of Kumbaratha (or Kundharatha) who had a son Bhadra-ratha, the king of kings. The last had in his turn Akhila-ratha (or Viswa-ratha) as son and through him a grandson by the name of Manoratha. This grandson brought forth Vishnu-ratha who, in his turn, had as his offspring Brihad- ratha.
This last king, had, in his line of descendants, Sindhu- ratha, Sailaratha, Kamaratha and Maharatha, till at last the last king Maharatha begat, in this place, the present king of kings, Viduratha. The mother who begat the present king, went by the appellation of Sumitra. His father, having con trolled his mind, abdicated his kingdom in favour of his son, then 10 years old, and led the life of a recluse in the forest. Now Viduratha, our king, reigns with perfect justice”.
As soon as the minister had finished these words, Saras wati, in order to enable the king to easily know the events of his former births through his Jnana (spiritual) vision, touched lovingly, with the palm of her hand, the king s head and blessed him with Divine vision. Whereupon the gloom of Maya that had obscured his mind like a great antagonist flitted away from it and he was able to recognise himself in the previous body of kingPadma sporting with Lila.
Then the plea sant sensation of marvel and joy arose in him, the former on account of the diverse workings of Maya, and the latter, since the knowledge of Maya he derived through the grace of these, the (world s) mothers. With these thoughts in his mind, he wore their feet on his head and said “In the one day that passed from the extinction of my former body up to now (as seen through my Divine vision), 1 have spent 70 years with this my present body. I have also known all the events that transpired during that period. Whence are all these curious anomalies of Maya ?”
Thereupon Saraswati of the form of Divine grace vouch safed the following reply- -“ The trance called Death is always accompanied at that very spot and in that very instant, by the great delusion of re-births (and vice versa). Now the conception of the duration of 70 years arose only through the delusion of the Karmas performed by thee, while in life. Know therefore and perceive for thyself that when thy mind was rendered immaculate like Akasa free from all illusions, such conceptions of time vanished, (as all concep tions of time arise through the vikalpas of the mind only). They the events of 70 years) are only like long-drawn dreams of many events enacted in one Muhurta (48 minutes). Even our life during the waking state appears prolonged in diverse ways through the many unreal events performed. To tell thee truly, there is no such thing as births or deaths to thee. Thou art the true Jnana alone. Thou art the eternal supreme Seat. Hence though seeing the whole universe, thou seest it not.
Being of the nature of all, thou art shining through thy wisdom in the Atmic Reality. The old adage runs to the effect that a non-lisping baby, which is obsessed while in the cradle, will be freed from such pos session in the crematorium only. Similarly is the Ajnana (illusion) in man ; and to the ignorant full of this painful Aj nana, the universe appears to be real. Persons ignorant of gold will assert an ornament made of gold to be the former alone and not the latter. Likewise, persons devoid of spiri tual vision will maintain this universe to be the inert one only, (and not spirit, the seer free from the seen). Know also all the universes, arising through the egoism of “ T” and “ mine,” etc, to be nothing but a dream and the different objects seen therein to be as illusory as things in a dream. Such objects and universes are no other than of the nature of that Jnana (Reality) which is all permanent Param-Akas, actionless, full, vast and immaculate.
It is the one reality which, being all and having all with the different Saktis (potencies), manifests itself, without being diminished thereby, in different forms according to the fructification of time and Karmas. Through Lila, I have initiated thee into the mysteries of the true Jnana state. Thy mind has been illumined through the undecaying Tatwa (Truth). Therefore we shall depart.”
