One should shut up, like birds in a cage, the very springs, viz., the understanding and the senses, of his desires and acts.
परिच्छिद्यैव कामानां सर्वेषां चैव कर्मणाम्। मूलं बुद्धीन्द्रियग्रामं शकुन्तानिव पञ्जरे॥