Men do not like the conduct of those who are engrossed in earthly desires, and there is not deed without having a desire (at its root) and all desires are, as it were, the limbs of the mind. Therefore, wise men knowing this, control their desires. The Yogi who communes with the Supreme Spirit, knows Yoga to be the perfect way to salvation by reason of the practices of his many pristine births. And remembering that, what the soul wishes, is not conducive of piety and virtuc, but that the control of the desires is at the root of all true virtue, such men do not engage in the practice of charity, Vedic learning, asceticism, Vedic rites, whose object is attainment of earthly prosperity, ceremonies, sacrifices, religious rules and meditation, with the desires of securing any advantage thereby.
कामात्मानं न प्रशंसन्ति लोके नेहाकामा काचिदस्ति प्रवृत्तिः। सर्वे कामा मनसोऽङ्गप्रभूता यान् पण्डितः संहरते विचिन्त्य॥ भूयो भूयो जन्मनोऽभ्यासयोगाद् योगी योगं सारमार्ग विचिन्त्य। दानं च वेदाध्ययनं तपश्च काम्यानि कर्माणि च वैदिकानि॥ व्रतं यज्ञान् नियमान् ध्यानयोगान् कामेन यो नारभते विदित्वा। यद् यच्चायं कामयते स धर्मो न यो धर्मो नियमस्तस्य मूलम्॥