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69. For the eradication of the sin of himsā (injuring living beings) when caused unconsciously, he should perform prāṇāyāma (yogic breathing) six times after bathing!
71. As gold in the crucible is purified by the burning up of the impurities adhering to it by means of fire, in the same way all the impurities arising from the functioning of the senses are consumed by praṇāyāma !
72. One should destroy such faults as attachment, and the like, by means of prāṇāṇāma, get rid of evil (inclinations) by fixing the mind in meditation on the Supreme Self, cancel the yoga (connection with the outside world) by withdrawing the senses from the objects of desire, and by the purest con templation overcome anger, greed, and the other kinds of passions!
77. The body which is threatened with old age, and is the source of sorrow, the abode of innumerable ills, subject to hunger, thirst, heat, and cold, the centre of rajoguna (activity or motion) and perishable, should be dissolved in such a manner that no more bodies should arise in the future!
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