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Yoga Vashishtha 3.52.16–30
(These verses teach that the entire universe we see is not solid or real but appears like a dream within Pure Consciousness)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
न जगत्तत्र नो सर्गः कश्चिदप्यनुभूयते।
तेनाहमजमाकाशं जगदित्येव वर्तते ॥ १६॥
सर्वं शून्यात्मविज्ञानं मेर्वादिगिरिजालकम्।
नेदं कुड्यमयं किंचिद्यथा स्वप्ने महापुरम् ॥ १७॥
देशे प्रादेशमात्रेऽपि गिरिजालमयान्यपि।
वज्रसाराणि खान्येव लक्षाणि जगतो विदुः ॥ १८॥
जगन्ति सुबहून्येव संभवन्त्यणुकेऽपि च।
कदलीपल्लवानीव संनिवेशेन भूरिशः ॥ १९॥
त्रिजगच्चिदणावन्तरस्ति स्वप्नपुरं यथा।
तस्याप्यन्तश्चिदणवस्तेष्वप्येकैकशो जगत् ॥ २०॥
तेषां यस्मिञ्जगत्येष पद्मो राजा शवः स्थितः।
लीला तव सपत्नीयं प्राप्ता पूर्वतरा शुभे ॥ २१॥
यदैव मूर्च्छामायाता लीलेयं पुरतस्तव।
तदैव भर्तुः पद्मस्य शवस्य निकटे स्थिता ॥ २२॥
लीलोवाच ।
कथमेषा पुरा देवि संपन्ना तत्र देहिनी।
कथं च तत्सपत्नीकभावमाप्तवती स्थिता ॥ २३॥
ते चास्या वद किं रूपं पश्यन्त्यथ वदन्ति किम्।
तद्गेहवरवास्तव्याः समासेनेति मे वद ॥ २४॥
श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
श्रृणु सर्वं समासेन यथापृष्टं वदामि ते।
लीले लीलास्ववृत्तान्तमन्तदं दृश्यदुर्दशम् ॥ २५॥
पद्मस्तव स भर्तैष भ्रान्तिं तावत्ततामिमाम्।
इयं जगन्मयी तस्मिन्नेव सद्मनि पश्यति ॥ २६॥
भ्रान्तियुद्धमिदं युद्धमेषा भ्रान्तिर्जनोऽजनः।
भ्रान्त्यैवास्तीह मरणमेष चैवं भ्रमात्मकः ॥ २७॥
भ्रमक्रमेणानेनैव लीलास्य दयिता स्थिता।
त्वं चैषा च वरारोहे स्वप्नमात्रं वराङ्गने ॥ २८॥
यथा भवत्यावेतस्य स्वप्नमात्रं वराङ्गने।
तथा भवत्योर्भर्तैष तथैवाहमपि स्वयम् ॥ २९॥
जगच्छोभैवेदृशीयं दृश्यमेतदिहोच्यते।
एतदेव परिज्ञातं दृश्यशब्दार्थमुज्प्तति ॥ ३०॥
Maharishi Vashishta continued:
3.52.16–22
> No world exists there, and no Creation is experienced at all. Therefore I remain as the unborn sky, and the world appears only in that way.
> Everything is Knowledge of the Self as Void. It is like a net of mountains such as Meru. This is not made of solid walls at all, just like a great city seen in a dream.
> Even in a tiny Space the size of a span, there are nets of mountains that look hard as diamond, yet they are only empty Space. Wise ones know thousands of such worlds.
> Many worlds arise even inside a tiny atom, placed densely like the layers of banana leaves.
> The three worlds exist inside a minute particle of Consciousness, just like a city in a dream. Inside that particle too are more particles of Consciousness, and inside each one there is a whole world.
> Among those worlds, in one of them King Padma lies as a corpse. O auspicious one, your co-wife Lila reached there earlier.
> The moment this Lila fell into a swoon in front of you, she stood near the corpse of her husband Padma.
Lila asked:
3.52.23–24
> O Goddess, how did she become embodied there in the past? How did she attain the state of co-wife and stay there?
> Tell me what form they see of her and what they say about her. Briefly describe the residents of that excellent house.
Goddess said:
3.52.25–30
> Listen to everything briefly as you asked. O Lila, this is the inner story of your own Lila, a difficult vision to see.
> This Padma, your husband, is under this delusion. This world-full form sees everything inside that very house.
> This war is only a war of delusion. This delusion creates people and non-people. Death exists here only through delusion. Everything is of the nature of delusion.
> Through this sequence of delusion, this Lila remains as his beloved. O beautiful lady, both you and she are merely a dream.
> Just as you both are only a dream to him, O lady, so is this husband only a dream to both of you, and so am I myself.
> This is the beauty of the world. This visible scene is spoken of here. Once this is fully known, the meaning of the word “visible” is uprooted.
Summary of the Teachings:
Sage Vashishta explains that no actual world or Creation exists outside; everything is like empty space or a vast sky that has never been born.
Mountains, cities, and objects that look hard are actually hollow appearances, just as things in dreams feel real while dreaming but have no substance.
The teaching shows how countless worlds exist even inside the smallest particles, layered densely like banana leaves. Each tiny atom of Consciousness contains full worlds, and inside those worlds are even smaller ones. This illustrates the infinite, dream-like nature of reality where one world nests within another without end, all happening inside the mind of consciousness.
The story of King Padma and the two Lilas demonstrates that what we call life, body, and relationships are delusions within delusion. One Lila reaches the scene of her husband’s corpse through a swoon, showing how souls move between dream-like states. Everything—war, people, death—is created and sustained only by mental illusion, with no independent reality.
Both Lilas and even Vasistha himself are presented as dream figures to one another. The husband appears as a dream to the wives, and the wives appear as dreams to him. This mutual dream nature reveals that all individual identities and experiences are temporary projections within the same Infinite Consciousness.
Finally, the verses urge complete understanding that the visible world is merely apparent beauty with no lasting substance. Once this Truth is Realized deeply, the very idea of a solid, external “visible” world dissolves, leading to freedom from illusion and recognition of the unborn, empty Awareness that alone exists.
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