5. It is the heart’s regret at the world, which is the seed of samádhi or self-resignation; and it grows of itself in the ground of the contrite heart of the wise, in the forest land of reasonable men.
6. When the seed of contrite reflection, falls in the minds of magnanimous men; it must be watered with diligence and indefatigableness with the following articles. viz:—
7. The society of pure, holy and complacent men, who speak sweetly and kindly for the good of others; and whose speech serves as the sprinkling of fresh water or milk or dewdrops on the seeding grounds.
8. And by shedding the sacred waters of the sayings of the holy sástras, all about the aqueduct, which may serve to grow the seed, by their cool and ambrosial moisture.
9. When the magnanimous soul, perceives the seed of contrite reflection fallen in the mind; he must try to preserve and foster the same with all diligence.
10. This seed is to be grown by the manure of austerities, and by the power of using other means; by resorting to and resting in places <of> pilgrimage and holy shrines, and by stretching his perseverance as his defence (or a fence about the seed-ground).
11. It is the duty of the well taught man, after the sprouting forth of the seed, to preserve it always with the assistance of his two consorts—contentment and cheerfulness.
12. He should then keep off the aerial birds of his expectations and the fowls of his affection for others, and the vultures of his desire and cupidity, from darting upon and picking up the seed.
13. Then the rajas or dust of vanity, is to swept away (from this field), by gentle acts of piety, serving as sweepers of vice and unrighteousness; and then the tamas or shades of ignorance are to be dispelled from this ground, by the ineffable light of the sun of reason—viveka.
14. Wealth and women, and all sorts of frail and fleeting enjoyments; overtake this rising germ (of godliness), as darts of lightning issuing from the cloud of unrighteousness.