That inan who having eaten meal, gives it up afterwards, wins merit by such a deed that is so great that a study of all the Vedas or a performance, O Bharata, of all the sacrifices, cannot give its like.
सर्वे वेदा न तत् कुर्युः सर्वे यज्ञाश्च भारत। यो भक्षयित्वा मांसानि पश्चादपि निवर्तते॥