As a man, fixing his mind on a vessel full of some liquid carefully ascends a flight of steps, so the Yogin, fixed and absorbed in his soul, purifies it and marks it as effulgent as the Sun.
स्नेहपूर्णे यथा पात्रे मन आधाय निश्चलम्। पुरुषो युक्त आरोहेत् सोपानं युक्तमानसः॥ युक्तस्तथायमात्मानं योगः पार्थिव निश्चलम्। करोत्यमलमात्मानं भास्करोपमदर्शनम्॥