Who are the proper people to enter through each door of your home you should decide and carefully watch. Those who must enter by one door should not use some other door; if they do, then that house will have only discontent, confusion, disorder. It is wiser to take precautions against such disorder before entrance is effected, rather than deal with the intruders after they have come in, through the wrong door. You may excuse the trespass, for the first time; but certainly, you must take enough care to see that it is not repeated. That is the better method, though not the best.

Again, Arjuna felt a doubt arising in him; if the senses are bound, how can the Om be pronounced? Krishna understood this. He took up the matter Himself. "Arjuna! Om has to be pronounced in the mind, not through the mouth as a sensory organ!" Next, Arjuna raised another question to relieve himself of another doubt. "You said, Japathonaasthi paathakam, he who does Japam has no sin; but if Japam cures one from sin, what happens to liberation, Moksha? Evidently, Japam is powerless to bring that about; Japam will not enable one to concretise the Lord."

The Lord was happy when Arjuna mentioned this doubt. "Partha! Your question is important; but let Me tell you: Moksha need not be sought after separately, apart from other objectives. If Om is recited and the significance of the Om, that is to say, the Lord, is meditated upon, then the Lord is attained by you; in other words, you are liberated." Arjuna insisted on his point; he asked, "Lord! Is it ever possible for Japam to bring about both results? Of course, it is easy for You to declare so, but trouble starts when we follow the path of Japam and Dhyanam."

Krishna replied, "It is just for this purpose that I mentioned at the very start about Abhyasa-yoga, the value, of practice or Abhyasa. Practice, steady practice, will ensure you both results, freedom from sin and liberation. Probably, you do not realise the importance of practice. O foolish Arjuna! Do you not see here how practice makes an animal execute difficult tasks? Look at these horses yoked to your chariot, these elephants ranged on the field; they render the assistance in battle which even man with the superior equipment of reason cannot give! Consider how this was made possible. Where have elephants dwelling in the forest observed the tactics of battle? Or do you hold that fighting on the battlefield is their nature? No, their present skill is proof of the value of practice, Abhyasa."

"Similarly, practise the withdrawal of the mind from the sense, steadily; then it will develop skills which will release you from bondage. Let Me tell you, those who repeat with their last breath the sacred Pranava do attain the Lord." Krishna said this with emphasis.