Penances are always their great riches. Their power consists in speech. Their energy emanates from the duties they observe. Knowing all duties, they are gifted with minute vision, so that they are cognizant of the subtlest consideration.
तपो येषा धनं नित्यं वाक् चैव विपुलं बलम्। प्रभवश्चैव धर्माणां धर्माज्ञाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिन॥