Ashtaka said: "How many [kinds] of sages (muni) indeed, and how many [kinds] of silence (mauna) are there? Tell that; we wish to hear." Yayati said: "O king, he for whom, living in the forest, the village [remains] behind [— is foreign to him], or he for whom, living in the village, the forest [remains] behind him — he is [the true] sage." Ashtaka said: "How then does the village [remain] behind for one living in the forest? And how does the forest [remain] behind for one living in the village?" Yayati said: "Whoever is a forest sage, let him not make use of the village['s benefits]; thus for him, living in the forest, the village [remains] behind [— he is truly detached]. [He is] without [household] fire, without dwelling, [wandering] beyond [attachment to] lineage; let him desire clothing only so much as [is needed] to cover his nakedness; let him desire food only so much as [is needed] to sustain life; thus for him, [though] living in the village, the forest [remains] behind [— he is inwardly detached]. [But] he who, having abandoned desires, relinquished from [selfish] deeds, having conquered the senses, a sage, establishes himself in silence [— the stillness of spirit] — he attains success in the world. [He who, even] with clean teeth, trimmed nails, always bathed, adorned, [though] established in pure deeds — who would not deem him worthy of honor? But when, emaciated by austerity, gaunt, [with] wasted flesh, bones, and blood, the sage free from dualities is established in silence — then, having conquered this world, he conquers the higher world. But when the sage, like a cow, seeks food with [only his] mouth [— lives in utter carefreeness] — then his former world [— his very life itself —] becomes [a path] to immortality."