Passage 13

In English

In addition to considering yourself a man, you have to put a number of questions to yourself: "To what caste do I belong? Am I an educated person or not? Where am I staying?. Am I conducting myself in keeping with this sacred privilege of staying in this most sacred , in the immediate presence of ?" Only when you put all these questions to yourselves, will you be able to conduct yourselves as true human beings. If one merely thinks he is a man and is entitled to pursue all kinds of desires and enjoyments, he is likely to behave like an animal or even like a demon. "My caste is the caste of humanity. I live in the sacred land of . I am born of a good family. I am an educated person, not an ignorant one. And I am here in this sacred in the presence of ." When you have such answers and use them as guideposts for conducting yourselves, you will not go astray.