Penances, O child, are for all. They are ordained for even the lowest order of men, Penances lead the self-controlled man who has mastered all his senses to the way to heaven.
तपः सर्वगतं तात हीनस्यापि विधीयते। जितेन्द्रियस्य दान्तस्य स्वर्गमार्गप्रवर्तकम्॥