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. 15. It is by the iron rod of patience and gravity, by the muttering of _mantras_, and by holy ablutions and austerities, as also by the trident of the triliteral _Om_, that these thunderbolts are averted. 16. In this manner the seed of meditation also, being carefully preserved from neglect, sprouts forth in the germ of discrimination (viveka) with its handsome and thriving appearance. 17. The ground of the mind shines brightly, with this brilliant germ; and it gladdens the hearts of men in veneration to it, as the smiling moon-beams illume the sky. 18. This germ shoots forth in a couple of leaves, which grow out of themselves upon it; one of them is the knowledge of sástras, and the other is the society of the good and wise. (_i.e._ Divine knowledge is to be gained from the study of scriptures, and attendance to the lectures of learned men). 19. Let your fixedness support the stem and height of this tree, and make your patience its covering bark; and cause your unconcernedness with the world, supply it with the moisture of indifference.