Whether he becomes merciful or cruel, whether he becomes conversant with all the Vedas or ignorant of the Richs, whether he becomes pious and observant of sacrifices or the worst of sinners, whether be becomes eminent for power and wealth or sunk into misery, that person who directs his mind towards these, is sure to cross the ocean of life which is so difficult to cross over.
एतेषां चेदनुद्रष्टा पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः॥ यदि वा सर्ववेदज्ञो यदि वाप्यनृचो द्विजः। यदि वा धार्मिको यज्वा यदि वा पापकृत्तमः॥ यदि वा पुरुषव्याघ्रो यदि वा क्लेशधारितः। तरत्येवं महादुर्गं जरामरणसागरम्॥