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Thus a pure mind is indispensible to those aspiring moksha. The observence of penances, vows, rituals, prove to be only physical torture if unaccompanied by a pure mind.
In order to purify the mind, one should overcome passions of attachment and hatred and cleanse the soul. Only then can one have a clear understanding of the nature of soul.
Attachment and Aversion
आत्मायत्तमपि स्वान्तं कुर्वतामत्र योगिनाम् । रागादिभिः समानम्य परायत्तं विधीयते ॥४६॥ रक्ष्यमाणमपि स्वान्तं समादाय मनाग्मिषम् । पिशाचा इव रागाद्याश्छलयन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः ॥४७॥ रागादिति मिरध्वस्त – ज्ञानेन मनसा जनः । अन्धेनान्ध इवाऽऽकृष्टः पात्यते नरकावहे ॥४८॥
Meaning : The yogis who try to discipline the soul are themselves afflicted by bursts of attachment, hatred etc. and become slave to these passions.
They try to protect the mind by observing various vows but these passions creep in like demons and blur the clarity of mind.
A mind devoid of knowledge, due to the darkness of passions, leads a person into the ditches of hell; as a blind leads a blind into a well.
Fourth Chapter
107 i
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