“Kapila said, ’(If acts are obligatory, then) there are the Darsa, the Paurnamasa, the Agnihotra, the Chaturmasya, and other acts for the man of intelligence.  In their performance is eternal merit. (Why then perform acts involving cruelty)?  Those that have betaken themselves to the Sannyasa, mode of life, that abstain from all acts, that are endued with patience, that are cleansed (of wrath and every fault), and that are conversant with Brahma, succeed by such knowledge of Brahma in paying off the debts (thou speakest of) to the gods (the Rishis, and the Pitris) represented to be so very fond of libations poured in sacrifices.[1244] The very gods become stupefied in tracing the track of that trackless person who constitutes himself the soul of all creatures and who looks upon all creatures with an equal eye.  Through instructions received from the preceptor one knows that which dwells within this frame to be of a four-fold nature, having besides four doors and four mouths.  In consequence of (their possession of) two arms, the organ of speech, the stomach, and the organ of pleasure, the very gods are said to have four doors.  One should, therefore, strive one’s best to keep those doors under control.[1245] One should not gamble with dice.  One should not appropriate what belongs to another.  One should not assist at the sacrifice of a person of ignoble birth.  One should not, giving way to wrath, smite another with hands or feet.  That intelligent man who conducts himself in this way is said to have his hands and feet well-controlled.  One should not indulge in vociferous abuse or censure.  One should not speak words that are vain.  One should forbear from knavery and from calumniating others.  One should observe the vow of truthfulness, be sparing of speech, and always heedful.’  By conducting oneself in this way one will have one’s organ of speech well-restrained.  One should not abstain entirely from food.  One should not eat too much.  One should give up covetousness, and always seek the companionship of the good.  One should eat only so much as is needed for sustaining life.  By conducting oneself in this way one succeeds in properly controlling the door represented by one’s stomach.  One should not, O hero, lustfully take another wife when one has a wedded spouse (with whom to perform all religious acts).  One should never summon a woman to bed except in her season.  One should confine oneself to one’s own wedded spouse without seeking congress with other women.  By conducting oneself in this way one is said to have one’s organ of pleasure properly controlled.  That man of wisdom is truly a regenerate person who has all his four doors, viz., the organ of pleasure, the stomach, the two arms (and two feet), and the organ of speech, properly controlled.  Everything becomes useless of that person whose doors are not well-controlled.  What can the penance of such a man do?  What can his sacrifices bring about?  What cart be achieved by his body?  The gods know