FIRE is kindled, the corpse is burned, consumed already as it is by the three fevers, but your store of merit, actions and destiny, your place 118 the problem of action in the world, does not pass away. Your destiny goes on revolving like a Persian wheel; the full pots ascend, the empty pots go down. Secure your passage through the world and the five fires, thus you will reach the repose of the Spirit. Let your tongue cease not to pronounce the names of Narayana and Rama; they shall destroy birth, age and death, sin and merit, and all forms of pain. Suffer heat and cold and the solitude of the jungle, and master the postures and concentration of the mind; practise austerities, go on pilgrimage, bestow gifts, perform duties and vows, sacrifice and follow the house-holders purposes; you will not in these stages of life avoid pain and pleasure, the experiences of birth and age. Then when you have subdued lust and rage and selfishness, seek the further stage and secure the infinite; still, when you study the law, thoughts of pride, with rules and prohibitions, come assailing you; you praise and censure others, incurring guilt, it will cling to you with the strength of adamant. Tuka says, All accomplishments, are roots of sin, relinquish these false sources of pain; go and supplicate the saints, and you may pass your life in any shape you please.