"But the Asrama dharma and the Varna dharma (the codes of moral conduct prescribed for the castes and for those in the four stages of life - student, householder, recluse and monk) do not hinder in any way the discipline of fixing the mind on God or of purifying the mind of evil or worshipping the Lord through all one's actions, words and thoughts. The distinctions of sex or caste or status or stage of life affect only those who live in the awareness of the body as reality and who act as if the world is absolute and eternal."

At this, Arjuna said, "Krishna! The contemplation of the formless characteristic-less Nirguna-niraakara is very difficult, is it not, for those with Deha-bhranthi or identification of the self with the body? The worship of the form-ful aspect of God which is within the reach of the ordinary man, can thus yield purity of mind, purity of the inner instruments of consciousness? Please enlighten me."