Those who have made themselves light by performing virtuous deeds, manage to cross the sea of the world as a ship crosses the ocean. But those who have loaded themselves with sin sink into the bottom, as an arrow thrown into the water.
प्लवन्ते धर्मलघवो लोकऽम्भसि यथा प्लवाः। मज्जन्ति पापगुरवः शस्त्रं स्कन्नमिवोदके॥