The hymns of the Veda do not rescue from sin the cheat that lives by deception. Like a bird which has got feathers forsaking its nest, the hymns forsake such a man when his end comes.
नच्छन्दांसि वृजिनात् तारयन्ति मायाविनं मायया वर्तमानम्। श्छन्दांस्येनं प्रजहत्यन्तकाले॥