आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते | योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते
ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate . yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate
對於希望登上瑜伽（Yoga）境界的牟尼（Muni）來說，行動（karma）被稱為其手段。而對於已登上瑜伽境界的人，寂靜（śama，不行動）則被稱為其手段。
For the sage who wishes to ascend to (Dhyana-) yoga, action is said to be the means. For that person, when he has ascended to (Dhyana-)yoga, inaction alone is said to be the means.
對於一個無法長時間練習冥想，也無法在冥想中保持心意穩定的人來說，行動是使自己穩固於瑜伽的手段。行動能淨化他的心靈，使心靈適合練習穩定的冥想。行動引導至穩定的專注和冥想。對於已穩固於瑜伽的聖者（牟尼）來說，寂靜（Sama）或棄絕行動被稱為其手段。他越是完美地避免行動，他的心意就越穩定，他也就越平靜，他的心靈就越容易、越徹底地固定在真我（Atman）之中。對於婆羅門來說，沒有任何財富能比得上對萬物中真我（Atman）一體同質的知識、真誠、良好品格、穩定、無害、正直以及棄絕一切行動。
For a man who cannot practise meditation for a long time and who is not able to keep his mind steady in meditation? action is a means to get himself enthroned in Yoga. Action purifies his mind and makes the mind fit for the practice of steady meditation. Action leads to steady concentration and meditation.For the sage who is enthroned in Yoga? Sama or renunciation of actions is said to be the means.The more perfectly he abstains from actions? the more steady his mind is? and the more peaceful,he is? the more easily and thoroughly does his mind get fixed in the Self. For a Brahmana there is no wealth like unto the knowledge of oneness and homogeneity (of the Self in all beings)? truthfulness? good character? steadiness? harmlessness? straightforwardness and renunciation of all actions. (Mahabharata? Santi Parva? 175.38)