If they perform asceticism and practise religious meditation, then, O foremost of Brahmanas, men by their these acts can attain to the region of bliss.
तपोयोगसमारम्भं कुरुते द्विजसत्तम। कर्मभिर्बहुभिश्चापि लोकानश्नाति मानवः॥