It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of
another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature
reveals it, never sins.
The duty that of itself falls to one’s lot should not be abandoned, though it may have its
defects. All acts are marred by defects, as fire is obscured by smoke.
He whose mind is entirely detached, who has conquered himself, whose desires have
vanished, by his renunciation reaches that stage of perfect freedom where action
completes itself and leaves no seed.
I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the
state of Supreme Wisdom.
Guided always by pure reason, bravely restraining himself, renouncing the objects of
sense and giving up attachment and hatred;
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