Sanskrit: स्ववर्णाश्रमधर्मेण तपसा हरितोषणात्।  साधनं प्रभवेत्पुंसां वैराग्यादिचतुष्टयम्।   
English:  The four preliminary qualifications (the means to the attainment of knowledge), such as Vairagya (dispassion) and the like, are acquired by men by propitiating Hari (the Lord), through austerities and the performance of duties pertaining to their social order and stage in life.