Righteous deeds have three components. Performing
sacrifices, studying and giving alms constitute the first strand. Meditation is
the second strand. Studying in the house of one's teacher is the third strand.
All such righteous people are destined for the most sacred of world. But he who
worships the brahman becomes immortal.
(this is a reference to the four stages of life (ashrama).
The first is that of celibate student hood (brahmacharya), when one studies at
the house of one's teacher. The second is the householder stage (garhasthya),
when one performs sacrifices, studies the Vedas and gives alms. The third is
the forest dwelling stage (vanaprashta), when one retires to the forest and
meditates. And the fourth and final stage is that of becoming a hermit (sannyasa),
when one contemplates the brahman.)
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