Passage 8

In English

comes out of water. is born out of water. So also, poison is born out of water. Here we see that the birth place of as well as poison is one and the same. It is in this context that it has been said that for both the bondage and for the liberation of man, his mind alone is responsible. It becomes necessary that we should recognise the nature of the mind, if we wish to understand this dual part played by our mind.