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Now, the section on austerity: / That which is a thunderbolt to the mountains of past-accumulated karma, which is water quenching the network of flames of the forest-fire of passion, / which is the mystic formula against the serpents of the fierce sense organs, / which is day to the mass of darkness of obstacles, and which is the root of the vine of the fortune of supernatural powers— / that manifold austerity, free of craving, one should perform according to rule. .. 81 .. / Because of which the succession of obstacles dissolves, the gods become servants, / desire is quieted, the group of senses is subdued, and well-being surges forward; / great spiritual powers awaken, the mass of karma meets its destruction, / and heaven and final bliss become one's own—is not such austerity praiseworthy? .. 82 ..