One who is devoted to the religion of Liberation, abstemious in diet, and the master of his senses, attains to that high place which is above Prakriti and is unchangeable.
भीष्म उवाच मोक्षधर्मेषु निरतो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः। प्राप्नोति परमं स्थानं यत् परं प्रकृतेऽवम्॥