40. He who abides by the dictates of the true sástras, and associates with the best of men, are never subject to the darkness of error. 41. Those who are renowned for their virtues, have the power to bring their destiny under their command, convert all their evils to good, and render their prosperity perpetual. 42. Those who are unsatisfied with their qualifications (but wish to qualify themselves the more), and those who thirst after knowledge and are seekers of truth, are truly called as human beings, all others are but brutes. 43. Those, the lakes of whose hearts are brightened by the moonbeams of fame (_i.e._ whose heart are desirous of fame); have the form of Hari seated in their hearts, as in the sea of milk. 44. The repeated desire of enjoying what has been enjoyed, and of seeing what has often been seen, is not the way to get rid of the world; but is the cause of repeated birth, for the same enjoyments. 45. Continue to abide by the established rule of conduct, act according to the sástras and good usages, and break off the bonds of worldly enjoyments, which are all but vanities. 46. Let the world resound with the renown of your virtues reaching to the skies; because thy renown will immortalize thy name, and not the enjoyments thou hast enjoyed. 47. Those whose good deeds shine as moonbeams, and are sung by the maidens of heaven, are said to be truly living, while all others unknown to fame are really dead. 48. They that aspire to their utmost perfection by their unfailing exertions, and act according to the precepts of the sástras, are surely successful in their attempt. 49. Abiding patiently by the Sástra, without hastening for success; and perfecting one’s self by long practice, produce the ripe fruits of consummation. 50. Now Ráma, renounce all your sorrow and fear, your anxieties, pride and hastiness; conduct yourself by the ordinances of law and sástras, and immortalize your name. 51. Take care, that your sensuous soul does not perish as a prey in the snare of your sensual appetites, nor as a blind old man by falling in the hidden pits of this world. 52. Do not allow yourself henceforward to be degraded below the vulgar; but consider well the sástras as the best weapons, for defeating the dangers and difficulties of the world. 53. Why do you endanger your life in the muddy pit of this world, like an elephant falling in a pitfall under the keen arrows of the enemy? Avoid only to taste of its enjoyments, and you are free from all danger. 54. Of what avail is wealth without knowledge; therefore devote yourself to learning, and consider well your riches to be but trash and bubbles. 55. The knowledge of heretical sástras, has made beasts of men, by making them only miserable and unhappy by their unprofitable arguments. 56. Now wake and shake off the dullness of your long, deep and death-like sleep, like the torpor of the old tortoise lying in the bog.