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Yoga Vashishtha 3.53.15–27
(These verses teach that the physical world and different realms of Existence are not solid barriers but open to Consciousness)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
तत्रैकस्मिन्पुरःसंस्थे विततावरणान्विते।
वेधयित्वा विवेशान्तर्बदरं कृमिको यथा ॥ १५॥
पुनर्ब्रह्मेन्द्रविष्ण्वादिलोकानुल्लङ्घ्य भास्वरान्।
तन्महीमण्डलं श्रीमत्प्राप तारापथादधः ॥ १६॥
तत्र तन्मण्डलं प्राप्य तत्पुरं तच्च मण्डपम्।
प्रविश्य पुष्पगुप्तस्य शवस्य निकटे स्थिता ॥ १७॥
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे सा च न ददर्श कुमारिकाम्।
मायामिव परिज्ञाता क्वापि यातां वरानना ॥ १८॥
मुखमालोक्य सा तस्य स्वभर्तुः शवरूपिणः।
इदं बुद्धवती सत्यं प्रतिभावशतः स्वतः ॥ १९॥
अयं स भर्ता संग्रामे निहतो मम सिन्धुना।
वीरलोकानिमान्प्राप्य क्षणं शेते यथासुखम् ॥ २०॥
अहं देव्याः प्रसादेन सशरीरैवमीदृशम्।
इह प्राप्तवती धन्या मत्समा नास्ति काचन ॥ २१॥
इति संचिन्त्य सा हस्ते गृहीत्वा चारु चामरम्।
वीजयामास चन्द्रेण द्यीरिवावनिमण्डलम् ॥ २२॥
प्रबुद्धलीलोवाच ।
ते भृत्यास्ताश्च वै दास्यः स राजा च प्रबुद्धवान्।
वक्ष्यन्ति वदतां देवि किं कयैव कथं धिया ॥ २३॥
श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
स राजा सा च ते भृत्याः सर्व एव परस्परम्।
चिदाकाशैकतावेशादावयोश्च प्रभावतः ॥ २४॥
महाचित्प्रतिभासत्वान्महानियतिनिश्चयात्।
अन्योन्यमेवपश्यन्ति मिथः संप्रतिबिम्बितात् ॥ २५॥
इयं मे सहजा भार्या ममेयं सहजा सखी।
ममेयं सहजा राज्ञी भृत्योऽयं सहजो मम ॥ २६॥
केवलं त्वमहं सा च यथावृत्तमखण्डितम्।
ज्ञास्याम इदमाश्चर्यं नतु कश्चिदपीतरः ॥ २७॥
Sage Vasistha continued:
3.53.15–22
> In one city standing ahead, surrounded by wide barriers, she pierced through and entered inside just like a worm enters a jujube fruit.
> Then, crossing the bright worlds of Brahma, Indra, Vishnu and the other gods, she reached that glorious earthly circle below the path of stars.
> Reaching that circle, she came to the city and the pavilion there, entered them, and stood near the corpse of Pushpagupta.
> In that moment she did not see the young girl. The beautiful-faced one Realized the girl was like an illusion and had gone somewhere.
> Looking at the face of her own husband in the form of a corpse, she understood this Truth through her own inner insight.
> This is my husband who was killed in battle by Sindhu. Having reached these worlds of heroes, he rests happily for a moment as he pleases.
> By the Grace of the Goddess I have reached this State here with my body intact. I am blessed; no one is equal to me.
> Thinking this, she took a beautiful fly-whisk in her hand and fanned him with it, like the moon fanning the circle of the earth.
The awakened Lila said:
3.53.23
> Those servants, those maids, that King and the awakened one will say, O Goddess, what will they say, by whom, and how with what mind?
The Goddess said:
3.53.24–27
> That King, she, and those servants—all of them see one another because of the Oneness in the Space of Pure Consciousness and by the power of the two.
> Because of their appearance in the Great Consciousness and the great fixed law of fate, they see one another as mutual reflections.
> This is my natural wife; this is my natural companion; this is my natural queen; this servant is naturally mine.
> Only you, I and she will know this unbroken event exactly as it happened—this wonder; but no one else will know it.
Summary of the teachings:
A Being can move through cities, worlds and bodies as easily as a worm bores into fruit, showing that what we call “Reality” is actually a flexible appearance created within the mind or Consciousness. The journey from heavenly worlds to the earthly one reminds us that all planes of life are connected and illusory, not fixed or separate.
The story shows how even after death the husband’s body remains part of the same dream-like play. The queen sees the corpse, recognises the truth through her own insight, and feels blessed by the Goddess’s Grace. This teaches that death is only a temporary rest in the worlds of heroes; the soul continues, and one who is awake can still meet and serve the loved one with the body intact because everything exists inside One Consciousness.
The dialogue between the awakened Lila and the Goddess explains that Kings, servants, wives and friends are not truly separate persons. They appear related only because they are all reflections in the single Space of Pure Consciousness. Their “natural” bonds of wife, friend, queen or servant are created by the mind’s power and the cosmic law of fate, making the whole scene look real and personal while it is actually one unified Awareness playing many roles.
Because of the Great Consciousness and the unbreakable law of niyati, every character sees the others as Real and bound to each other. They mirror one another perfectly, so each thinks “this is my wife, my servant, my queen”. This mutual reflection is the reason the world feels solid and full of relationships, yet it is only a wonderful appearance inside the mind, not an independent outer Reality.
Finally, the verses reveal that only the truly awakened—here represented by “you, I and she”—can understand this marvellous play exactly as it is, without any break or division. Ordinary people stay lost in the dream and never grasp the secret. The teaching is that liberation comes when we Realize the entire Universe is an unbroken Wonder of One Consciousness, and only those who wake up to this Truth know the full mystery while others remain inside the illusion.
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