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Yoga Vashishtha 3.75.11–21
(These verses depict the blessing and transformation of a Being through austerity and resolve)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच।
तपसानेन संकल्पः सफलोऽस्तु तवोत्तमे।
पीना भव पुनः शैले हिमकाननराक्षसी ॥ ११॥
यया पूर्वं वियुक्तासि तन्वा जलदरूपया।
बीजान्तवृक्षता पुत्रि बृहद्वृक्षतया यथा ॥ १२॥
योगमेष्यसि भूयश्च तन्वान्तर्बीजरूपिणी।
तयैव रससेकेन लतयेवाङ्कुरस्थितिः ॥ १३॥
बाधां विदितवेद्यत्वान्न च लोके करिष्यसि।
अन्तःशुद्धा स्पन्दवती शारदीवाभ्रमण्डली ॥ १४॥
अश्रान्तध्याननिरता कदाचिल्लीलया यदि।
भविष्यसि बहीरूपा सर्वात्मध्यानरूपिणी ॥ १५॥
व्यवहारात्मकध्यानधारणाधाररूपिणी।
वातस्वभाववद्देहपरिस्पन्दाद्विलासिनी ॥ १६॥
तदा विरोधिनी पुत्रि स्वकर्मस्पन्दरोधिनी।
न्यायेन क्षुन्निवृत्त्यर्थं भूतबाधां करिष्यसि ॥ १७॥
भविष्यसि न्यायवृत्तिर्लोके त्वन्यायबाधिका।
जीवन्मुक्ततया देहे स्वविवेकैकपालिका ॥ १८॥
इत्युक्त्वा गगनतलाज्जगाम देवः सूची सा भवतु ममेति किं विरोधः।
रागो वाब्जजवचनार्थवारणेऽस्मिन्नित्यन्तः स्वतनुमयी मनाग्बभूव ॥ १९॥
प्रादेशः प्रथममभूत्ततोऽपि हस्तो व्यामश्चाप्यथ विटपस्ततोऽभ्रमाला।
सोद्यत्स्वावयवलता बभौ निमेषात्संकल्पद्रुमकणिकाङ्कुरक्रमेण ॥ २०॥
तद्गात्राण्यविकलशक्तिमन्ति देहादुद्भूतान्यथ करणेन्द्रियाणि सम्यक्।
संकल्पद्रुमवनपुष्पवत्समन्ताद्बीजौघान्यलमभवंस्तिरोहितानि ॥ २१॥
Sage Vashishta continued:
3.75.11–18
> (Lord Brahma continued) O noble one, may your resolve be fulfilled through this austerity. Become full and strong again on the mountain as the demoness of snow forests.
> Just as you were earlier separated from your slender body that had the form of a cloud, O daughter, you will attain the State of a great tree from the seed, like a tree growing large.
> You will again attain yoga, becoming subtle within like a seed. Through the same nourishment of essence, you will remain like a sprout on a creeper.
> Knowing the Knowable, you will not cause harm in the World. Pure within, vibrant, like the autumn cloud circle.
> Ever engaged in uninterrupted meditation, if at times through play you become outwardly manifest, you will be the embodiment of meditation on the Self of all.
> You will be the form holding the stream of meditation in worldly activity, playful with the movement of the body like the nature of wind.
> Then, O daughter, you will be the remover of opposition, obstructing the vibrations of your own actions. Righteously, for the sake of ending hunger, you will cause hindrance to Beings.
> You will become one of righteous conduct in the world, obstructing the unrighteous. As a liberated Being while alive in the body, you will be the sole protector through your own discrimination.
3.75.19–21
> Having said this, the God departed from the sky. "May she become a needle," what opposition is there in this? Or attachment in the meaning of lotus-born speech here? Internally, she slightly became her own body.
> First a span appeared, then a hand, then a fathom, and then a branch. Then a cluster of clouds. With rising limbs like a creeper, she shone in a moment, in the order of sprout from the seed-particle of the thought-tree.
> Her limbs, endowed with complete powers, arose from the body, and then the organs of action and knowledge properly. Like flowers of the thought-tree forest all around, multitudes of seeds became abundant and hidden.
Summary of the Teachings:
The Divine teacher grants fulfillment so that the subtle essence, previously dispersed like a cloud, can grow into a mighty form akin to a tree from a seed. This illustrates the power of focused intention in spiritual practice to regenerate and expand one's existence from a minute state to a vast, rooted presence in the world of manifestation.
The teachings emphasize attaining yoga again in a subtle, seed-like inner form nourished by essence, leading to purity and vibrancy without causing worldly harm. The practitioner remains inwardly pure and meditative, like clear autumn clouds, symbolizing clarity and detachment. Even if playfully manifesting outwardly, one stays rooted in the meditation on the Universal Self, highlighting the balance between Inner Stillness and occasional external action.
Worldly activity is framed as a stream of meditative Awareness, where the body moves playfully like the wind, without losing the underlying meditative State. This allows one to navigate life while obstructing negative vibrations or opposing forces through righteous means, such as curbing unrighteous actions or fulfilling basic needs like ending hunger, all guided by discrimination.
The State described is that of a jivanmukta (liberated while living), who upholds justice, protects through viveka (discrimination), and embodies self-reliant Wisdom. The narrative of physical manifestation from divine will shows how thought-seed sprouts into full form with limbs, senses, and powers, demonstrating the creative potency of Consciousness in shaping Reality step by step.
Overall, these verses teach the journey from subtle resolve through austerity to embodied liberation, where one integrates meditation, righteous action, and creative manifestation without attachment or harm, serving as a model for spiritual aspirants to grow from inner potential into a harmonious, powerful presence that aids the world.
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