3. Those that rely on theirselves, remain both quietly, as well as act their parts with a calm serenity (of their minds); and take no concern either for what is noxious or delectable to them.
4. Their coming and not coming, going and not going, doing or not doing, and speaking or not speaking are alike indifferent to them.
5. Whatever acts or sights may appear pleasant or disgusting to any body, cease to affect them in any way after they have come to know their God (as the Author of all good).
6. The mind getting rid of its desires feels a sweet composure associated with a bliss as if descending from the heavenly orb of the moon all about it.
7. By being unmindful of worldly affairs and regardless of all its excitements, the soul is filled with a felicity resembling the ambrosial waters in the moon.
8. He who ceases to act his magical parts (in this playground of the earth), and desists from following his inclinations and childish pranks, shines forth in his spiritual light.
9. Such are the powers gained from spiritual knowledge, and by no other means whatever.
10. Therefore should a man try to seek and know and adore the Supreme soul, by means of his reasoning powers during life.
11. It is the concordance of one’s belief with the precepts of the Sástra and his instructor, joined with his constant meditation, that can give him a full view of the Supreme spirit.
12. The fool slighting the Sástra and its instructions, and disregarding the counsels of great men, are exposed to difficulties and dangers from which they can have no release.