Men do not like the conduct of those who are engrossed in earthly desires, and there is not deed without having a desire (at its root) and all desires are, as it were, the limbs of the mind. Therefore, wise men knowing this, control their desires. The Yogi who communes with the Supreme Spirit, knows Yoga to be the perfect way to salvation by reason of the practices of his many pristine births. And remembering that, what the soul wishes, is not conducive of piety and virtuc, but that the control of the desires is at the root of all true virtue, such men do not engage in the practice of charity, Vedic learning, asceticism, Vedic rites, whose object is attainment of earthly prosperity, ceremonies, sacrifices, religious rules and meditation, with the desires of securing any advantage thereby.