He who practises severe austerities for a century, and he who abstains from ineat, are both equally meritorious. This is my opinion.
यस्तु वर्षशतं पूर्णे तपस्तप्येत सुदारुणम्। यश्चैव वर्जयेन्मांसं सममेतन्मतं मम॥