...whereby the highest power of the mind requireth obedience at the hands of all the rest." (English) "Let him not desire to die, let him not desire to...abstaining from bodily pleasures." (Ancient Indian) "He who is unmoved, who has restrained his senses ... is said to be devoted. As a flame in a windless...

...in solitude and indifference towards everything, are the marks of one who has attained liberation. Let him not desire to die, let him not desire to live, let him wait for his time, as a servant for the payment of his wages . . . let him patiently bear hard words, let him not insult...

...Manu an ideal of moral perfection is set forth, which is not demanded at the earlier stages of life. "Let him not desire to die ; let him not desire to live; let him wait for his time as a servant for the payment of his -wages. " Let him patiently bear hard -words, let him not insult...