Independence from and the annihilation of these are to be sought by means of the purity of the senses. Therefore the suspension of the function of the senses is the true fasting.
इन्द्रियाणां प्रसादेन तदेतत् परिवर्जयेत्। तस्मादनशनं दिव्यं निरुद्धेन्द्रियगोचरम्॥