At this Nandakumāra, beautiful of form, explained: “Brother-in-law! Arjuna! The first mark of the ‘nirguṇopāsaka’ is that he must be one who has brought the senses under his own control. The second: in all circumstances he must keep an even attitude. And the third: in hardship and in happiness, in loss and in harsh reproach, he must remain a helper to all. Know that he who has these three marks is an akṣaropāsaka. These are the marks of the nirguṇopāsaka.” Readers should understand that ‘akṣaropāsaka’ and ‘nirguṇopāsaka’ are one and the same.