28. The man of a noble mind and one employed in acts of goodness, breaks off from the errors of the world as a lion from its cage.
29. Those who vainly imagine themselves to be led about by some (supernatural power), and so slight their necessary duties, are to be shunned at a distance as the mean and base.
30. There are thousands of acts that are attended with gain or loss to their doers; but it is the duty of man to do what is right whether they are pleasant or painful.
31. He who does not transgress the bounds of law, nor forsake the duties (of his race), is attended by every blessing abundant as the pearls in the sea.
32. Devoted diligence in acts leading to one’s object, is termed to be his manliness by the wise; and that being guided by the Sástra leads to his success.
33. An act accompanied by exertion, is of itself the accomplisher of one’s object, and the company of the wise and study of good books serve to raise a man by brightening his understanding.
34. The infinite happiness or a tranquil spirit is known as the Summum bonum by the wise; and those good works are fit for study which lead to that state.
35. The acts of our former lives constitute what we call our destiny, and they return to us from the region of the gods, for our good in both worlds.
36. We blame the fate which is a creation of the fancy of the ignorant, who by their adoration of the same come to meet their destruction.
37. One benefits himself always by his activity in both worlds, as his good acts of to-day gives a grace to those of yesterday.