Yudhishthira said Which amongst these is more efficacious to a person, namely abstention from injury, the observance of the Vedic, ritual, meditation, control over the senses, penances and obedient services rendered to the preceptors.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अहिंसा वैदिकं कर्म ध्यानमिन्द्रियसंयमः। तपोऽथ गुरुशुश्रूषा किं श्रेयः पुरुषं प्रति॥