By meditating on the self, some men see the self through the self; others see by philosophical discipline; others by the discipline of action.

(23) Whoever knows 'person', material Nature, and its constituents to be such, in whatever state he be, he is not born again.

13.24 He who knows thus the Person and Nature along with the qualities will not be born again, in whatever way he may live.

13.24 He who understands the self and the Prakṛti thus with the Guṇas is not born again, in whatever state he may be placed.

13.24 He who thus knows the Spirit and Matter together with the qualities, in whatever condition he may be, he is not born again.