18. Therefore employ your reasoning now, in the investigation of spiritual knowledge; because by your diligent and persevering inquiry in this respect, you will secure to yourself the success in both worlds. (So says the sruti: “By thy constant study of the subject, thou shalt see thy god”). 19. Inquiry into spiritual knowledge, will dispel thy ignorance; but thou wilt never be successful in it, without thy constant application to it. 20. Leaving aside all anxieties and their causes, and of every jot and moment of time in the observance of one’s sacred vows day by day, and the study of this sacred sástra with due attention, leads him to his welfare in both worlds. 21. Whether one is proficient or not in his spiritual knowledge, he may still improve in it, by his constant communication of it and discussion on the subject with his superiors. 22. Whoso requires this precious treasure (of his knowledge), he must exert for its attainment at the same ratio to be successful in it; or else he must leave off altogether, if he tires in his pursuit. 23. He must also keep himself from the perusal of heretical works, and betake himself to the study of orthodox sástras; and he will then gain his peace of mind by these, as one obtains victory in warfare (so should one fight for the salvation of his soul). 24. The course of the mind, like that of a stream of water, runs both in the channels of wisdom as well as folly; and forms a lake wherever it runs more rapidly, and settles as in its bed. 25. There was never a better sástra than this, nor is any such extant at present, nor is likely to be in vogue in future; there let the student cogitate well its doctrines, for the edification of his understanding. 26. Whoso heeds it well in himself, will find his mind instantly elevated with superior knowledge; and like the effect of a curse or blessing, which comes too late upon its recipient. (The efficacy of wisdom is instantaneous). 27. The knowledge of his sástra, is calculated to do you more good, than you can derive from the tender care of a father or mother; or the efficacy of your pious actions. 28. Know O holy man, this world is the prison-house of thy soul, and its cares as the cholic pain of thy mind; and there is no release nor redress from these, beside the knowledge of thy soul (which is a spark of the supreme). 29. It is the dark illusion of gross ignorance, that hath misled thee to the sense of thy egoism; and it is now by your reflection on the purport of the sástras only, that you can be freed from your deplorable state. 30. The world is a hollow cave, where the horrid hydra of illusion lies in ambush; and feeds on the empty air of vain enjoyments, that appear at first pleasant to taste, but prove to be as fleeting as empty air at last.