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56 THE VAIRAGYA-SATAKAH

of men, always free in his efforts ( I. e. with- out obligation or restraint from outside) and pursuing 1 a path of indifference as regards what to give up or what to take ; his worn- out garment is made up of rags cast away in the streets, and for seat he has with him a blanket ; he is devoid of pride and egoism and he is concerned only in enjoying the hap- piness arising from the control of miud.

��96. When accosted by people who loqua^ ciotrsly express doubt and surmise, such as " Is he a Chand^la, or a twice-born one, or a Sudra, or an ascetic, or perhaps some supreme Yogi with his mind full of the discrimination of Reality," the Yogis themselves go their way neither pleased nor displeased in mind.

[ The Chanddla is accursed beyond the pale of the four castes, while the Sudra belongs to the fourth caste. The Brahmana, Ksha-ttrlya and

Vaiishya form the -thrct* twicer-bom castes.

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