In English
The three fish are the three , , , and . The sathwik tendency always decides to follow the path of good and fixes its attention on things that are permanent. It decides that before the level of water runs down, it should save itself and it always thinks of noble things. Water has been compared to the length of life and day-by-day it recedes and at any time death may overcome it. The fisherman is the emblem of death. and are antagonistic to and, therefore, even the merit of is counteracted by the other two. These two , and , mislead our senses and send them along the wrong path. We should first try to control and and thereby attain mastery over our senses. If we follow good methods, even and may be conquered by close association with . We should believe that holy, sacred and perennial love can be found in every human heart where God resides. We should believe that God is the indweller of the heart and must follow the teaching that comes from the heart and adopt good methods to follow such a teaching.