As a boat, O son of Kunti, who is tossed on the bosom of the sea is very soon taken by a careful boatman to the other shore, so the man of knowledge by fixing his soul in concentration, acquires Liberation, which is so difficult to acquire, after renouncing his body, O king.
यथा च नावं कौन्तेय कर्णधारः समाहितः। महार्णवगतां शीघ्रं नयेत् पार्थिवसत्तम॥ तद्वदात्मसमाधानं युक्त्वा योगेन तत्त्ववित्। दुर्गमं स्थानमाप्नोति हित्वा देहमिमं नृप॥