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NIYAMA 59Moksha. lf you have Santosha, the other three will come bythemselves. Santosha, contentment, is one of the importantvirtues for an aspirant. Riches and poverty are not counted bythe amount of wealth one keeps. A king, if he keeps too manydesires and if he wants more, is considered to be a beggar. Abeggar, if he is contented with what he has, is really a king.From contentment comes real happiness. lf a man has no contentment,his mind will be always wandering. lt wil! be impossibleto do concentration and other Yogic practices. Thereforecontentment should be developed by all aspirants.7. Tapas: l II-43^t6l-tt the physical body, qft+ senses, ftrk occult powers,q{fq impurity, Ql-tTr( due to destruction, dtR[: through mortification.Through Tapas, mortification, due to the destruction of impurities,arise psychic powers in the body and senses.NOTESBy Tapas, the mind, speech and lndriyas are purified.Fasts and all religious observances that are laid down inDharma Sastras and the rules of Yama and Niyama, Asana,Pranayama, etc., come under Tapas. ln Gita Chapter XVll, thethree Slokas from 14 to 16 describe three kinds of Tapas, viz.,Tapas of body, speech and mind. Psychic powers are the eightSiddhis, Anima, Mahima, etc. Allthese Siddhis can be acquiredby the steady practice of Tapas. Manu says: "He whose speechand mind are purc and ever carcfully guarded, obtains all thefruits that are obtained by means of Vedanta." By the performanceof Tapas, all Klesas (afflictions) and impurities can bedestroyed.ffi:l8. Svadhyayarr-44