much food for his stomach.  Conquer thy stomach first. (Thou shalt then be able to conquer the Earth).  The earth being conquered, that which is for thy permanent good will then be won by thee.  Thou applaudest desires and enjoyments and prosperity.  They, however, that have renounced all enjoyments and reduced their bodies by penances, attain to regions of beatitude.  The acquisition and preservation of kingdom is attended with both righteousness and unrighteousness.  The desire for them exists in thee.  Free thyself, however, from thy great burthens, and adopt renunciation.  The tiger, for filling one stomach of his, slaughters many animals.  Other animals destitute of strength and moved by covetousness live upon the tiger’s prey.[47] If kings, accepting earthly possessions, practise renunciation, they can never have contentment.  Behold the loss of understanding that is noticeable in them.  As a matter of fact, however, they who subsist on leaves of trees, or use two stones only or their teeth alone for husking their grain, or live upon water only or air alone, succeed in conquering hell.[48] That king who rules this wide unbounded earth, and that person who regards gold and pebbles equally, amongst these two, the latter is said to have attained the object of his life and not the former.  Depending, therefore, upon that which is the eternal refuge of joy both here and hereafter, cease thou to act and hope with respect to thy wishes and cease to bear attachment to them.  They that have given up desire and enjoyment have never to grieve.  Thou, however, grievest for enjoyments.[49] Discarding desire and enjoyment, thou mayst succeed in liberating thyself from false speech.[50] There are two well-known paths (for us), viz., the path of the Pitris and the path of the gods.  They that perform sacrifices go by the Pitri-path, while they that are for salvation, go by the god-path.[51] By penances, by Brahmacharya, by study (of the Vedas), the great Rishis, casting off their bodies, proceeded to regions that are above the power of Death.  Worldly enjoyments have been styled as bonds, They have also been called Action.  Liberated from those two sins (viz., bonds and action), one attains to the highest end.  Mention is made of a verse sung (of old) by Janaka who was freed from the pairs of opposites, liberated from desire and enjoyments, and observant of the religion of Moksha.  That verse runs thus:  ’My treasures are immense, yet I have nothing!  If again the whole of Mithila were burnt and reduced to ashes, nothing of mine will be burnt!’ As a person on the hill-top looketh down upon men on the plain below, so he that has got up on the top of the mansion of knowledge, seeth people grieving for things that do not call for grief.  He, however, that is of foolish understanding, does not see this.  He who, casting his eyes on visible things, really seeth them, is said to have eyes and understanding.  The faculty called understanding is so called because of the knowledge and comprehension