[Benefits and harms of observing and non-observance of regimen] An intelligent individual follows an effective regimen after a thorough evaluation of the disease and its etiological factors as well as his prakriti.
An individual dominated by Rajas and Tamas mental faculty, on the other hand, follows a regimen that could be pleasant to his senses, without any consideration or evaluation of his condition, the treatment, and his constitution.
An intelligent person possesses the qualities of obedience, intelligence, memory, stable, able, purity of speech, tranquility, courage, and follows a wholesome regimen. Ignorant individuals do not possess these qualities as their mind is enveloped in moha (attachments to possessions) and rajas. Hence they suffer from various physical and mental disorders.
प्रज्ञापराधाद्ध्यहितानर्थान् पञ्च निषेवते| सन्धारयति वेगांश्च सेवते साहसानि च ||३९||
An ignorant individual, due to intellectual errors, indulges in unwholesome behavior with respect to the five sense organs, withholds the natural urges, and indulges in rash behavior which could be pleasant temporarily, but lead to misery in due course of time.