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Yoga Vasistha 2. Mumuksu Vyavahara Prakarana
9. Investigation of Acts
It is a man's activity and no other, O Rāghava, that is the cause of all his actions, and the recepient of their consequence, wherein destiny has nothing to do.
8. Invalidation of Destiny
What does destiny mean, which has no form, nor act, no motion nor might, but is a false notion rooted in the (minds) of the ignorant.
7. On the Necessity of Activity
Having obtained a body free from disease and a mind free from trouble, one should try to know the knowable to prevent his further birth (in this world).
6. Refutation of Fatalism
Whatever one attempts to do, he readily meets with its reward: this being the effect of exertion. Fate is no other but the same thing.
5. Necessity of Activity
It is the will or inclination that is the prime instrument of all actions done even according to the rules of law and Śāstras, as it is the reflection of light that gives various hues to things.
4. Praise of Acts and Exertions
Vasistha said- I know gentle Rāma that, liberation of the soul, whether in its embodied or disembodied state is both alike, as the sea-water and its waves are the same liquid substance.
3. On the Repeated Creations of the World
Vasistha said- "I will now expound to you Rāma! the knowledge that was imparted of old by our lord the lotus-born (Brahmā), after creation of the world, for the peace of mankind."
2. Speech of Visvamitra
Viśvāmitra said- Rāma! it now becomes you to have your mind properly purified from its doubts, as it was done in the case of the son of Vyāsa.
1. Liberation of Śukadeva
After Rāma had delivered his speech in an audible voice before the assembly, he was tenderly accosted by the sage.
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