Through holiness and virtue alone men can go to the regions of bliss and their vows and fasts can become efficacious. Living on fruits and roots, observing the vow of silence, living on air, shaving one's head, abandoning a fixed home, having matted locks on head, lying under the sky, observing daily fasts, worshipping the fire, bathing in water and lying on the ground, these alone cannot lead one to heaven.
पुण्यादेव प्रव्रजन्ति शुद्ध्यन्त्यनशनानि च। न मूलफलभक्षित्वान्न मौनान्नानिलाशनात्॥ शिरसो मुण्डनाद् वापि न स्थानकुटिकासनात्। न जटाधारणाद् वापि न तु स्थण्डिलशय्यया॥ नित्यं ह्यनशनाद् वापि नाग्निशुश्रूषणादपि। न चोदकप्रवेशेन न च क्षमाशयनादपि॥