These high-souled, men who do not commit sin in word, in deed, in heart or in soul, are said (really) to perform asceticism; but not those who make their bodies emaciated by fasts and penances.
विकारि तेषां राजेन्द्र सुदुष्करकरं मनः। ये पापानि न कुर्वन्ति मनोवाक्कर्मबुद्धिभिः। ते तपन्ति महात्मानो न शरीरस्य शोषणम्॥