It is not proper to destroy religious merit reaped by undergoing extreme mortification, as well as access of life attained by the same means). (By such an iniquitous act as this.)
तपः संतापलब्धस्ते सोऽयं धर्मपरिग्रहः। न स नाशयितुं न्याय्य आत्मप्राणपरिग्रहः॥