Yudhishthira said Some people say that fast is a penance. Is penance really at one with fast or is it not so? Tell me this, O grandfather.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदिदं तप इत्याहुरुपवासं पृथग्जनाः। तपः स्यादेतदेवेह तपोऽन्यद् वापि किं भवेत्॥