One endued with patience and a pure soul should, forsooth, control his understanding. With the understanding, one should next restrain mind, and then with the mind overpower the objects of the senses.
धृतिमानात्मवान् बुद्धिं निगृह्णीयादसंशयम्। मनो बुद्ध्या निगृह्णीयाद् विषयान्मनसाऽऽत्मनः॥