It is by knowledge and penance that those gifted with wisdom see that which is the highest. Indeed, they who are of unsullied minds, who are purged of every sin, and who have transcended all passion and darkness (succeed in seeing it.)
ज्ञानेन तपसा चैव धीराः पश्यन्ति तत् परम्। निर्णिक्तमनसः पूता व्युत्क्रान्तरजसोऽमला:॥