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Yoga Vashishtha 3.48.46–60
(These verses vividly describe the sudden rise of demonic forces in the form of terrifying demons, symbolizing how negative emotions like greed, anger, and fear suddenly manifest in the mind and appear real and overwhelming)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
ययुः प्रकटतामन्तरखिला वनराजयः।
लोभकज्जलजालेन मुक्ता इव सतां धियः ॥ ४६ ॥
अथ कोपाकुलः सिन्धू राक्षसास्त्रं महाभयम्।
क्षणादुदीरयामास मन्त्रोदीर्णशरात्मकम् ॥ ४७ ॥
उदगुर्भीषणा दिग्भ्यः परुषा वनराक्षसाः।
पातालगजफूत्कारक्षुब्धा इव महार्णवाः ॥ ४८ ॥
कपिलोर्ध्वजटाधूम्राः स्फुटच्चटचटारवाः।
अग्नयो लेलिहानोग्रजिह्वा आर्द्रेन्धना इव ॥ ४९ ॥
सावर्तवृत्तयो व्योम्नि भीमचीत्कारटांकृताः।
अग्निदाहा महाधूमविलोला इव सोल्मुकाः ॥ ५० ॥
दंष्ट्राबिसाङ्कुराक्रान्तमुखपङ्काक्षदेहकाः।
उदिता लोमजम्बाला दुष्पल्वलतटा इव ॥ ५१ ॥
निगिरन्तः प्रधावन्तो गर्जन्तः सर्जिता इव।
जटाजालतडित्पुञ्जा जलदाः सजला इव ॥ ५२ ॥
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तस्मिँल्लीलानाथो विदूरथः।
नारायणास्त्रं प्रददे दुष्टभूतनिवारणम् ॥ ५३ ॥
उदीर्यमाण एवास्मिन्मन्त्रराजेऽस्त्रराजयः।
राक्षसानां प्रशेमुस्ता अन्धकार इवोदये ॥ ५४ ॥
प्रमुष्टराक्षसानीकमभवद्भुवनत्रयम्।
शरदीव गताम्भोदं व्योम निर्मलमाबभौ ॥ ५५ ॥
अथ सिन्धुर्मुमोचास्त्रमाग्नेयं ज्वलिताम्बरम्।
जज्वलुः ककुभस्तेन कल्पाग्निज्वलिता इव ॥ ५६ ॥
धूमाम्बुदभराच्छन्ना बभूवुः सकला दिशः।
गगने प्रोतपातालतिमिराकुलिता इव ॥ ५७ ॥
बभूवुर्ज्वलिताकारा गिरयः काञ्चना इव।
प्रफुल्लवननीरन्ध्रचम्पकौघवना इव ॥ ५८ ॥
ययुर्व्योमाद्रिदिक्कुञ्जा ज्वालाजालजटालताम्।
कुङ्कुमेनोत्सवे मृत्योः समालब्धा इव स्रजः ॥ ५९ ॥
ज्वलिता जनता चैकशङ्किनी सा नभःस्पृशा।
सहस्राकृतिनौवेगचलितेनेव सागरात् ॥ ६० ॥
Maharishi Vashishta continued:
3.48.46–52
> All the forest kingdoms suddenly appeared within, like the pure minds of saints freed from the dark web of greed.
> Then Sindhu, full of rage, instantly invoked the terrible demon weapon, the arrow-like force born from sacred mantra.
> Fierce and harsh forest demons rose up from every direction, like huge oceans churned by the trumpeting of elephants from the underworld.
> They were smoky with upright matted hair like sage Kapila, crackling loudly, with fierce flickering tongues of fire, as if burning wet wood.
> They whirled in the sky with terrifying shrieks, blazing like great fires with thick rolling smoke, like flying firebrands.
> Their faces were covered with sprouting fang-like lotuses, bodies like lotus ponds, risen with hairy swamps, like the banks of foul marshes.
> They swallowed everything, rushed forward roaring loudly, with matted hair full of lightning clusters, like water-filled clouds.
3.48.53–60
> At that moment, Viduratha, the Lord of Divine play, released the Narayana weapon that drives away evil spirits and demons.
> As soon as this supreme mantra-weapon was invoked, the armies of demons vanished completely, like darkness disappearing at sunrise.
> The three worlds became free from demon forces, and the sky shone pure and clear like autumn without any clouds.
> Then Sindhu released the blazing Agneya weapon that set the sky on fire; all directions burned fiercely as if with the fire of Cosmic dissolution.
> Every direction was covered with thick clouds of smoke, as if the sky was filled with darkness rising straight from hell.
> The mountains looked blazing like pure gold, and the forests appeared dense with fully bloomed champaka flowers in gardens.
> The sky, mountains and groves became tangled masses of flames, like garlands smeared with saffron at the festival of death.
> The blazing crowd appeared as one single form touching the sky, like the ocean violently stirred by a ship moving at thousand-fold speed.
Summary of the Teachings:
Just as the forests become alive with monstrous beings, our inner world gets filled with disturbing thoughts that look powerful and destructive, but they are only projections of the mind, like a dream that seems solid yet has no true substance.
The invocation of Divine weapons through mantras, especially the powerful Narayana astra, teaches that Pure Knowledge and Spiritual Wisdom act as supreme weapons against ignorance.
When the sacred mantra is uttered with focus, the forces of darkness instantly dissolve, just as light removes darkness. This shows that no evil, however terrifying, can stand before the power of Truth and Self-Realization; the three worlds become peaceful and clear once the illusion of demons (false ego and desires) is destroyed.
The descriptions of demons as fiery, smoky, swirling, and cloud-like beings illustrate the chaotic and illusory nature of worldly attachments and passions. They roar, swallow, and spread like fire on wet fuel or monsoon clouds, reminding us that anger, lust, and delusion burn brightly for a moment but are temporary and self-destructive. The mind creates these forms, yet they have no independent reality beyond our own projections.
Sindhu's release of the Agneya (fire) weapon after the temporary defeat shows how ignorance fights back fiercely, causing widespread destruction and covering everything in smoke and flames. This represents the repeated cycles of desire and anger that engulf the world in suffering. Yet even this cosmic blaze is part of the Divine play (lila), teaching that all apparent destruction is merely a passing phase in the eternal Consciousness.
Ultimately, these verses convey that the entire battle—demons, weapons, fire, and smoke—is an allegory for the mind's internal war. The true teaching is that the world and its conflicts are like a dream or magical show created by Brahm. Real Peace comes only when one invokes the Highest Knowledge (Narayana principle), sees through the illusion, and Realizes the Pure, Unchanging Self beyond all appearances.
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