By controlling desire for worldly objects and casting off the darkness of sin, pious men proceed northward to the regions reserved for those who practise Renunciation.
उत्तरेण तु पन्थानमार्या विषयनिग्रहात्। अबुद्धिजं तमस्त्यक्त्वा लोकांस्त्यागवतां गताः॥