4. He was drowned in doubt, to think whether this was the state of his nirvána or delirium; wherein he could not find his rest, but was tossed headlong like a headstrong youth in his foolhardiness.
5. He thought the visibles, to be the work of his ignorance; but he came to think upon his second thought, this delusion of the world, to be the production (display) of Providence.
6. Let me see, said he, the extent of the visibles from the beginning; and this I will do from a distance, by means of the spiritual body, which I have gained by means of devotion.
7. I will remove myself to a region, which is beyond the limit of the existent and inexistent worlds; and rest myself quiet at a spot, which is above the etherial space (i.e. in heaven).
8. Having thus determined in himself, he became as dull as a dunce, and set his mind to the practice of his yoga devotion, as it was dictated to him by the sage, saying that no act could be fruitful without its constant practice.
9. He then left his habit of huntsmanship and applied himself to the observance of austerities, in company with the sages and seers.
10. He remained long at the same spot, and in the society of the sagely seers; and continued in the practice of his sacred austerities, for very many years and seasons.
11. Remaining long in the discharge of his austere duties, and suffering all along the severities of his rigorous penance; he asked once his sagely guide, as to when he shall obtain his rest and respite from these toils, to which the muni responded unto him in the following manner.
12. The muni said:—The little knowledge that I have imparted unto thee, is a spark fire and able to consume a forest of withered wood; though it has not yet burnt down the impression of this rotten world from your mind.
13. Without assuetude you cannot have your beatitude in knowledge; and with it, it is possible to attain it in course of a long time. (i.e. No knowledge is efficacious without its long practice, hence a novice in yoga is no yogi or adept in it).