But there is in the serpent one praiseworthy trait; however poisonous and deadly its nature might be, when the strains of the charmer's music are played, it spreads its hood and merges itself in the sweetness of that sound, forgetting everything else. Similarly man too can, by practice, merge himself into the bliss of Pranava. This Sabdopasana is a principal means of realising the Paramathma, who is "the Pranava of the Vedas." He is not other than Sabda. That is the reason why the Lord said that He is the "Pourusha of man." Pourusha is the vitality, the Prana of man. Without it, man has no manliness. However strong may be the force of the drag of previous births, it has to yield to the strength of adventure and achievement emanating from Pourusha. Unaware of this potentiality, foolish man is misled into cursing his fate; cursing the "inescapable" effects of what he dreads as 'Prarabdha!'

Every one has to exercise Pourusha: for without it life itself is impossible. Living is struggling, striving, achieving. God has created man so that he might wield the talent of 'Pourusha' and achieve victory. His purpose is not to make man a consumer of food, a burden upon the earth, an animal that is a slave to its senses. He does not aim at creating a horde of idlers and loungers, who shy at hard work, and accumulating fat, grow into monstrous shapes. He does not create man with the idea that he should, while alive, ignore his creator and deny Atma and wander about like animals, allowing both intelligence and discrimination to go to waste, moving about without an iota of gratitude to the giver of all the gifts which he consumes and enjoys!

Prakrithi too punishes those who exploit it for self-aggrandizement, saying "This is mine, that too is mine, that belongs to those who belong to me." She punishes heavily those who break her code; that is the reason why Krishna describes to Arjuna the way of Upasana or worship in great detail for Upasana is using Prakrithi to reach the Lord who transcends it.

"Arjuna! Many people anxious to offer uninterrupted worship to Me go into the thick forest. That is an insane step. There is no need to seek the jungle as if I am only there. There is no place where I am not; there is no form which is not Mine. I am the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether! Where can you find a place devoid of one or other of these five? To experience My presence and My glory, there is no special place, for I am everything, everywhere, ever. The fiery nature of fire is I Myself, I am life in all living beings. I am the strength of the strong, the strength that is free from greed and lust. Mine is the nature which prompts beings to desire Dharmic things and means."