“Pārtha! That is why I told you at the very start that there must be abhyāsa yoga, did I not? Through practice the Manas can do those two tasks very easily. You did not consider that practice is the chief thing for that, silly brother-in-law! Do you not see a lowly creature performing many great feats through practice? Why say more? The very horses yoked to your chariot, and the elephants standing on the battlefield: why is it that they give us help so great that even a human being with intelligence could not give it? Reflect on the matter, inquire into its reason, and it will easily become crystal clear. When had the elephants roaming the forests ever seen the ways of war? Or is fighting in such a war a skill natural to them from the very beginning? No, no. It must be understood that all these came into use through practice.”