Sadrsham ceshtate svasyah prakritir jnanavaan api, prakritiim yaanti bhutani nigrahah kim karishyati
Even a person of knowledge acts according to their own nature. All beings follow their nature — what will repression achieve? One cannot go against one's deep nature; transformation, not suppression, is the path.
- •Nature (svabhava) drives action even in the wise
- •Forced repression is ineffective and counterproductive
- •Work with your nature, not against it