Sacrificial ceremonies and asceticism are prescribed for that object (i.e. for attaining to the Supreme Soul). By means of these two does a man man of leaning acquire virtue? Destroying sins by sins by virtuous deeds, he afterwards has his soul illuminated with knowledge.
ताभ्यामसौ पुण्यमुपैति विद्वान्। पुण्येन पापं विनिहत्य पश्चात् संजायते ज्ञानविदीपितात्मा॥