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sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi . prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
即使是智者，也依循自己的本性行事。眾生皆隨順其本性，抑制又能有何作為？
Even a man of wisdom behaves according to his own nature. Being follow (their) nature. What can restraint do?
此節經文看似暗示人無法憑藉個人努力，但實則不然。人若能超越愛憎（rāgadveṣa）的影響，便能戰勝本性（prakṛti）。
He who reads this verse will come to the conclusion that there is no scope for mans personal exertion. It is not so. Read the following verse. It clearly indicates that man can coner Nature if he rises above the sway of RagaDvesha (love and hatred).The passionate and ignorant man only comes under the sway of his natural propensities? and his lower nature. He cannot have any restraint over the senses and the two currents of likes and dislikes. The seeker after Truth who is endowed with the four means? and who is constantly practising meditation can easily control Nature. (Cf.II.60V.14XVIII.59).