Vol. 2 (In 2 pts.)
Bound in one.

Containing
Utpatti Khanda, Sthiti Prakarana and
Upasama Khanda to Chapter LIII.

Translated from the original Sanskrit
By
VIHARI-LALA MITRA

YOGA VASISHTHA

BOOK IV.
STHITI PRAKARANA
ON ONTOLOGY OR EXISTENCE.

CONTENTS
OF
STHITI PRAKARANA.

(ON ONTOLOGY OR EXISTENCE).

BOOK IV.

CHAPTER I.
Janya-Jani-Nirúpana[403]
CHAPTER II.
The Receptacle of the Mundane Egg[408]
CHAPTER III.
Eternity of the World[411]
CHAPTER IV.
Treating of the Germ of Existence[414]
CHAPTER V.
Story of Bhárgava[416]
CHAPTER VI.
Elysium of Bhárgava[418]
CHAPTER VII.
Re-union of the Lovers[421]
CHAPTER VIII.
Transmigration of Sukra[425]
CHAPTER IX.
Description of Sukra’s Body[429]
CHAPTER X.
Bhrigu’s Conference with Kála or Death[431]
CHAPTER XI.
Cause of the Production of the World[439]
CHAPTER XII.
Detailed Account of the Genesis of the World[448]
CHAPTER XIII.
Consolation of Bhrigu[451]
CHAPTER XIV.
Sukra’s Reminiscence of his Metempsychosis[454]
CHAPTER XV.
Lamentation and Expostulation of Sukra[459]
CHAPTER XVI.
Resuscitation of Sukra[464]
CHAPTER XVII.
Attainment of the Ideal Realm[467]
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Incarnation of the Living Spirit[471]
CHAPTER XIX.
Investigation into the Nature of the Living Soul[480]
CHAPTER XX.
Description of the Mind[484]
CHAPTER XXI.
On the Philosophy of the Mind[486]
CHAPTER XXII.
Resting in Supreme Felicity[493]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Meditation of the Wonders in the Realm of the Body [498]
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Non-entity of the Mind[505]
CHAPTER XXV.
Narrative of Dáma, Vyála and Kata[508]
CHAPTER XXVI.
Battle of the Deities and Demons[512]
CHAPTER XXVII.
Admonition of Brahmá[518]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Renewed Battle of the Gods and Demons[523]
CHAPTER XXIX.
Defeat of the Demons[527]
CHAPTER XXX.
Account of the Subsequent lives of the Demons[531]
CHAPTER XXXI.
Investigation of Reality and Unreality[533]
CHAPTER XXXII.
On Good Conduct[539]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Consideration of Egoism[545]
CHAPTER XXXIV.
End of the Story of Dáma and Vyála[553]
CHAPTER XXXV.
Description of Insouciance[558]
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Description of the Intellectual Sphere[566]
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Upasama. The Sameness or Quietism of the Soul[570]
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Same Quietness or Quietude of the Spirit[572]
CHAPTER XXXIX.
On the Unity of all Things[577]
CHAPTER XXXX.
Brahma Identic with the World[584]
CHAPTER XLI.
Description of ignorance[589]
CHAPTER XLII.
Production of Jíva or Living Souls[593]
CHAPTER XLIII.
The Repositories of Living Souls[598]
CHAPTER XLIV.
The Incarnation of Human Souls in the World[605]
CHAPTER XLV.
Dependence of all on God[611]
CHAPTER XLVI.
Description of Living-Liberation[617]
CHAPTER XLVII.
Description of the Worlds and their Demiurgi[621]
CHAPTER XLVIII.
Story of Dásúra[630]
CHAPTER XLIX.
Description of Dásúra’s Kadamba Forest[635]
CHAPTER L.
Dásúra’s Survey of the Heavens[639]
CHAPTER LI.
Dásúra’s Begetting a Son[641]
CHAPTER LII.
Grandeur of the Air-born King[645]
CHAPTER LIII.
Description of the Mundane City[649]
CHAPTER LIV.
Corrective of Desires[655]
CHAPTER LV.
Meeting of Vasishtha and Dásúra[660]
CHAPTER LVI.
On the Soul and its Inertness[664]
CHAPTER LVII.
Nature of Volleity and Nolleity[670]
CHAPTER LVIII.
The song of Kacha[676]
CHAPTER LIX.
Works of Brahmá’s Creation[678]
CHAPTER LX.
Production of Living Beings[684]
CHAPTER LXI.
On Birth, Death and Existence[687]
CHAPTER LXII.
Speech of the Divine Messenger[690]