The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - Khamkoo

Manovaha, and the desire that is born of imagination,--these three are the
causes that originate the vital seed which has Indra for its presiding deity. The
passion that aids in the emission of this fluid is, therefore, called Indriya. Those
persons who know that the course of vital seed is the cause of (that sinful state of
things called) intermixture of castes, are men of restrained passions. Their sins
are regarded to have been burnt off, and they are never subjected to rebirth. He
that betakes himself to action simply for the purposes of sustaining his body,
reducing with the aid of the mind the (three) attributes (of Goodness, Passion,
and Darkness) into a state of uniformity, and brings at his last moments the vital
breaths to the duct called Manovaha, escapes the obligation of rebirth.[751] The
Mind is sure to gain Knowledge. It is the Mind that takes the form of all things.
The minds of all high-souled persons, attaining to success through meditation,
become freed from desire, eternal, and luminous.[752] Therefore, for destroying
the mind (as mind), one should do only sinless deeds and freeing oneself from
the attributes of Passion and Darkness, one is sure to attain to an end that is
very desirable.[753] Knowledge (ordinarily) acquired in younger days becomes
weakened with decrepitude. A person, however, of ripe understanding
succeeds, through the auspicious effects of past lives, in destroying his
desires.[754] Such a person, by transcending the bonds of the body and the
senses like a traveller crossing a path full of obstacles, and transgressing all
faults he sees, succeeds in tasting the nectar (of Emancipation).‟”
SECTION CCXV
“Bhishma said, „Living creatures, by being attached to objects of the senses
which are always fraught with evil, become helpless. Those high-souled persons,
however, who are not attached to them, attain to the highest end. The man of
intelligence, beholding the world over-whelmed with the evils constituted by birth,
death, decrepitude, sorrow, disease, and anxieties, should exert themselves for
the attainment of Emancipation. He should be pure in speech, thought, and body;
he should be free from pride. Of tranquil soul and possessed of knowledge, he
should lead a life of mendicancy, and pursue happiness without being attached
to any worldly object. Again, if attachment be seen to possess the mind in
consequence of compassion to creatures, he should, seeing that the universe is
the result of acts, show indifference in respect of compassion itself.[755]
Whatever good, acts are performed, or whatever sin (is perpetrated), the doer
tastes the consequences. Hence, one should, in speech, thought, and deed, do
only acts that are good.[756] He succeeds in obtaining happiness who practises
abstention from injuring (others), truthfulness of speech, honesty towards all
creatures, and forgiveness, and who is never heedless. Hence one, exercising
one‟s intelligence, should dispose one‟s mind, after training it, on peace towards
all creatures.[757] That man who regards the practice of the virtues enumerated
above as the highest duty, as conducive to the happiness of all creatures, and as
destructive of all kinds of sorrow, is possessed of the highest knowledge, and
succeeds in obtaining happiness. Hence (as already said), one should,
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