Vyasa said: "Listen to me, O king! You, O Dhritarashtra, are beloved of Krishna. When Sanjaya is your envoy, he will indeed lead you to your own good. He knows Hrishikesha, the ancient and exalted one. If you listen to him with attention, he will surely save you from the great danger looming over you. O son of Vichitravirya, men are subject to anger and joy. Entangled in various snares, deprived of reason by greed and desire, they repeatedly fall prey to Death through their own actions, like blind men falling into pits when led by the blind. The path the sages walk is the one and only path — the path that leads to Brahman." Dhritarashtra said: "Tell me, O Sanjaya, of that path free from terrors, by which, having attained Hrishikesha, I might obtain salvation." Sanjaya said: "A man of uncontrolled mind can in no way come to know Janardana, whose soul rests under perfect control. Performing sacrifices without mastery over one's senses is not even a means to that end. Renunciation of the objects that excite our senses comes through spiritual light; and spiritual light, together with abstention from harm, arises without doubt from true wisdom. Therefore, O king, resolve to master your senses with all the energy you possess; let your intellect never turn aside from true knowledge; and hold your heart back from the worldly temptations that surround it. Learned brahmanas call this mastery of the senses true wisdom; and this wisdom is the path by which learned men attain their goal. O king, Keshava is unattainable for those who have not mastered their senses; He is attained through longing for spiritual knowledge, awakened by knowledge of the scriptures and by delight in immersion in sacrifice."