As sesame seeds, for being always with sweet-scented flowers, become in respect of quality very sweet, so the quality of Goodness arises in men proportionate to the extent of their association with persons of purified souls.
यथा तिलानामिह पुष्पसंश्रयात् पृथक्पृथग्याति गुणोऽतिसौम्यताम्। तथा नराणां भुवि भावितात्मनां यथाऽऽश्रयं सत्त्वगुणः प्रवर्तते॥