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71.
For as
the impurities of metallic ores, melted in the blast (of a furnace), are
consumed, even so the taints of the organs are destroyed through the suppression
of the breath.
72.
Let him destroy the taints through suppressions of the
breath, (the production of) sin by fixed attention, all sensual attachments by
restraining (his senses and organs), and all qualities that are not lordly by
meditation.
73.
Let him recognize by the practice of meditation the progress of
the individual soul through beings of various kinds, (a progress) hard to
understand for unregenerate men.
74.
He who possesses the true insight (into the
nature of the world), is not fettered by his deeds; but he who is destitute of
that insight, is drawn into the circle of births and deaths.
75.
By not injuring
any creatures, by detaching the senses (from objects of enjoyment), by the rites
prescribed in the Veda, and by rigorously practicing austerities, (men) gain
that state (even) in this (world).
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