The state of those who seek salvation must be indifference to the world; nothing should affect them within or without. They must lay aside not only all base desires, but even sleep; eat sparingly, speak not with women alone or in company, though they die for it. They must keep company with the saints and cry aloud Hari’s name day and night. He who pursues such means as these, to him, says Tuka, wisdom comes through his preceptor’s grace.
Let a man gain riches in a high calling and
spend them with unconcern, he alone will
reach the highest life, he will know what is life at
its mightiest. He serves others and heeds no censure,
he looks on other men’s wives as sisters. He is
compassionate to all creatures, a protector of cows,
he supplies them with water when they are thirsty
in the wilderness. He is an image of peace, he
treats no man harshly, he enlarges the glory of
his forefathers. This, says Tuka, is the fruit of
the householder’s state; he attains the highest
state and has all the strength that renunciation
gives.
Let a man gain riches in a high calling and
spend them with unconcern, he alone will
reach the highest life, he will know what is life at
its mightiest. He serves others and heeds no censure,
he looks on other men’s wives as sisters. He is
compassionate to all creatures, a protector of cows,
he supplies them with water when they are thirsty
in the wilderness. He is an image of peace, he
treats no man harshly, he enlarges the glory of
his forefathers. This, says Tuka, is the fruit of
the householder’s state; he attains the highest
state and has all the strength that renunciation
gives.