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By controlling the senses, reducing desire, and practicing non-violence, one attains immortality—an ideal path to moksha.
Indulgence in the senses leads to faults. But through restraint, one gains perfection and spiritual success.
Association with sensory pleasures and neglect of dharma leads the ignorant to sinful cycles of birth and suffering.
Senses, like uncontrolled horses, must be reined in by intellect. The charioteer (mind) must exert control with patience.
Like horses distracted by grass, senses wander toward pleasures. The wise must rein them in with effort and mindfulness.
If the mind follows wandering senses, it loses wisdom—just as a boat on water drifts aimlessly with wind.
The goddess who governs all senses and beings is saluted for her all-pervading nature and protective presence.
Hoarding or suppressing senses excessively leads to downfall—even deities are weakened by extreme suppression.
A person free from desires, equanimous in joy and sorrow, and peaceful through sense control is a wise sage.
The senses are said to be powerful, mind greater than senses, intellect above mind, and supreme Self beyond all.
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