The brāhmaṇa's task and the one gone to the far shore

Śag_12.1

kāryam etad brāhmaṇena prahāṇam akilāsinā / kāmānāṃ viprahāṇārthaṃ na hi kāṃkṣaty asau bhavaṃ //

Śag_12.2

sa kāryaṃ brāhmaṇasyāsti kṛtārtho brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ //

Śag_12.3

yāvan na gādhaṃ labhate na tīram āyūhate sarvagātraiḥ sa tāvat / tīraṃ tu labdhveha saṃtiṣṭhati sthale nāyūhate pāragato nirucyate //

Śag_12.4

eṣopamā dāmale brāhmaṇasya kṣīṇāsravo yo nipako dhyānalābhī / sarve 'sya śokajvarathāḥ prahīṇāḥ samyaksmṛto yasya cittaṃ vimuktam //