Penance, it has been said, is light. Conduct leads to piety. Knowledge is said to be the highest. Renunciation is the best penance.
तपः प्रदीप इत्याहुराचारो धर्मसाधकः। ज्ञानं वै परमं विद्यात् संन्यासं नृप उत्तमम्॥