The unwary man clings to the flowery language of the Vedas (Vedas: the original holy scriptures), which teach various practices for attaining the planets of delights, favourable rebirth, gaining power and other benefits. Inflamed with desire for the joys of an opulent life, he does not see beyond it.

Too attached to sense pleasures, wealth and fame, and lost in these desires, no one ever knows the firm resolve to serve the Supreme Lord with love and devotion.

Overcome the three gunas (the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature: virtue, passion and ignorance), those influences of material nature which are the primary object of the Vedas. Free yourself from duality, give up all desire for material possession and peace; be firmly united with the Supreme.

For just as a great sheet of water fills all the functions of the well at once, so he who knows the ultimate purpose of the Vedas will thereby reap all the benefits they provide.

You have the right to perform the duties that fall to you, but not to enjoy the fruits of your actions; never think that you are the cause of the consequences of action, and at no time seek to escape from your duty.

Be firm in yoga. Do your duty without being bound by either success or failure. This equality of soul is called yoga.

Free yourself from all material acts through devotional service, absorb yourself in it. Those who yearn for the fruits of their deeds are “miserly”.

Devotional service can free one in this life from the consequences of action, good or bad. Therefore, strive to attain the art of acting in yoga.

Absorbed in devotional service, the sage takes refuge in the Lord and, renouncing the fruits of his actions in this world, becomes free from the cycle of death and rebirth. He thus attains the state that is beyond suffering.

When your mind has passed through the thick forest of illusion, all that you have heard, all that you may yet hear, will be of no consequence to you.

When your mind is no longer distracted by the flowery language of the Vedas, when it is fully absorbed in spiritual realisation, then you will be in union with the Divine Being.

When a man frees himself from the thousands of material desires created by his mind, when he is satisfied in his true self, he is fully aware of his spiritual identity.