Vyasa said Having acquired purity by the practice of the first two modes of life, viz., Brahmacharya and domesticity, one should, thereafter, set his mind on Yoga in the third mode of life. Listen now with rapt attention to what should be done for attaining to the highest object of acquisition.
व्यास उवाच प्राप्य संस्कारमेताभ्यामाश्रमाभ्यां ततः परम्। यत्कार्यं परमार्थ तदिहैकमनाः शृणु॥ तु