अथोत्तरेण तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रद्धया
विद्ययाऽऽत्मानमन्विष्यादित्यमभिजयन्ते । एतद्वै
प्राणानामायतनमेतदमृतमभयमेतत् परायणमेतस्मान्न पुनरावर्तन्त
इत्येष निरोधस्तदेष श्लोकः ॥ १.१०॥
athottareṇa tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā
vidyayā”tmānamanviṣyādityamabhijayante . etadvai
prāṇānāmāyatanametadamṛtamabhayametat parāyaṇametasmānna punarāvartanta
ityeṣa nirodhastadeṣa ślokaḥ .. 1.10..
But those who seek the Self through austerity, chastity, faith and knowledge travel by the Northern Path and win the Sun. The Sun, verily, is the support of all lives. He is immortal and fearless; He is the final goal. Thence they do not return. This path is blocked for the ignorant. Concerning it there is the following verse: