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## 332] Sarvarthasiddhau
[919 $ 822] In empty houses, groves of trees, caves in rocks, and other such places, one who is absorbed in self-study, meditation, and contemplation, who remembers what they have seen, heard, and experienced, whose heart is impervious to the entry of the arrows of desire, and who is always compassionate towards all beings, should be understood to have conquered the obstacle of aversion.
[8822] In secluded gardens, buildings, and other such places, one who is unmoved by the allurements of young women intoxicated by passion, infatuation, and alcohol, who has restrained the passions of the senses and the heart, who has rejected seductive smiles, soft words, amorous glances, laughter, and languid movements, and who has rendered the arrows of Cupid ineffective, should be understood to have conquered the obstacle of aversion to women.
[8823] One who has lived in a gurukul for a long time, has practiced celibacy, has understood the nature of bondage and liberation, has become a guest in a foreign land for the sake of the practice of restraint and devotion to the body of restraint, has been granted permission by their guru, embraces detachment like the wind, has endured many hardships like fasting, emaciation, counting breaths, and renunciation of taste, whose body is weary due to these hardships, who avoids travel that is not in accordance with the principles of time and place, who has renounced footwear, who remembers to travel by appropriate vehicles and conveyances even when their feet are pierced by sharp gravel, thorns, and other such things, and who fulfills all necessary obligations in a timely manner, should be understood to have conquered the obstacle of aversion to conduct.
[6824] One who dwells in cremation grounds, gardens, empty houses, mountain caves, and deep pits, where they have not previously resided, who has established a code of conduct in a place that has been tested by the light of the sun and the knowledge of their own senses, who sits in a fixed posture for a set period of time, and who is not afraid of the various terrifying sounds of lions, tigers, and other such creatures, should be understood to have conquered the obstacle of aversion to fear.