That man is not a devotee who observes the vow of silence, nor he who lives in the woods; but that one is said to be a true devotee who knows his own nature.
मौनान्न स मुनिर्भवति नारण्यवसनान्मुनिः। स्वलक्षणं तु यो वेद स मुनिः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते॥