78. Who feels a cool calmness within himself, and is not disturbed or immerged in any state of life, and who though a layman is not worldly minded, such a man is termed a saint. 79. He who takes not to his mind the tribulations of this life, however long or great they may be, nor thinks this base (bodily frame) to be himself, is known to be a saint. 80. The man of the world who has a mind clear as the firmament, and not tainted (by worldliness), is said to be a saint. 81. The quiet Platonic shines forth among sages and ascetics, among priests and princes, and among the mighty and learned. 82. Great and meritorious men, whose minds are attached to Quietism, feel a rest rising in their souls like the cooling beams of the moon. 83. Quietism is the utmost limit of the assemblage of virtues, and the best decoration of manliness; it shines resplendent in all dangers and difficulties. 84. Do you now, O Ráma! follow for your perfection in the way in which high-minded men have attained their perfect state, by holding fast on quietism as an imperishable virtue, preserved by the respectable, and never to be lost or stolen by any. CHAPTER XIV. ON THE ASCERTAINMENT OF AN ARGUMENT. It must be the duty of one, whose understanding is cleared and purified by a knowledge of the Sástras, to argue incessantly with a guide knowing how to reason aright. 2. The understanding when sharpened by reasoning, comes to view the transcendent state. It is reasoning which is the only best medicine for the chronic disease of worldliness. 3. The world is of the form of a wood of troubles, shooting in sprouts of endless desires which being once felled under the saw of reason, will germinate no more. 4. O wise Ráma! our understandings are shrouded under unconsciousness at the loss of our friends, at times of danger, and even of quiet. It is reason that is our only companion (at these times). 5. There is no expedient for the learned and wise except reason; it is by means of reason that the minds of good people can avoid evil and secure their good. 6. All our strength and understanding, our valour and renown, and the ends of our actions, result from our reasoning with the intelligent. 7. Reason is the lamp to show us the right and wrong, and the instrument for accomplishment of our desires:—by reliance on right reason, one crosses over easily the wide ocean of the world. 8. Pure reasoning like a strong lion, tears asunder the elephants of great error, which ravage the lotus beds of the mind (or mental faculties). 9. If ignorant men have at any time attained a better state in life, it was all owing to the light of the lamp of their reasoning. 10. Know O Rághava that, dominion and fair prosperity, together with our enjoyments and eternal salvation, are all but fruits of the celestial _Kalpa_ plant of reasoning.