One gifted with intelligence should be abstemious in diet and should conquer his senses. Indeed, having subdued both lust and anger and having dissipated all his sins, he should try to attain Brahina.
धूतपाप्मा च मेधावी लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः॥ कामक्रोधौ वशे कृत्वा निनीषेद् ब्रह्मण: पदम्।