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Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self by firmness, relinishing sound and other objects and abandoning attraction and hatred.

Endowed with a purified understanding, restraining himself with steadiness, setting aside sound and the other sense objects, casting off attraction and aversion,

The description of the final stages begins. The seeker is endowed with purified understanding, restrains himself with steadiness (dhṛti), sets aside sound and other sense objects, and casts off attraction and aversion. The sentence continues over the next two verses. These are not new teachings but a gathering of disciplines described earlier, now presented as steps toward the highest state. The emphasis is on inner purification and freedom from likes and dislikes.