In the beginning, we are merely workers in the world; desire-prompted and ego-driven, we sweat and toil, weep and sob. When an individual gets tired of such activities, he comes to desire to mount the steed of the mind.
Such an individual, desiring to bring the mind under his control and ride over it (Arurukshuh) takes upon himself the same work as before, but without the ego and egocentric desires. Such desireless activities undertaken in the Yajna-spirit cleanse the mind of its past impressions and integrate the entire inner equipment.
When thus the required amount of concentration has been gained by the individual as a result of the vasana purgation effected, he is to stop his activities slowly and apply himself more and more to live in deeper meditation.
When once his mind has been conquered, and his agitations have become well controlled, the seeker in that state of mental growth and development, is termed as having mounted the steed of the mind (Yoga-Arudhah).
To such an individual, in that state of mental equipoise and self-application, quiescence (shama) is the means for gaining higher perfection and self-growth.