If abstention from acts produces merit, then their performance must be highly reprehensible. When the scriptures say this, the strength or weakness of particular sayings must be difficult to determine.
अनालम्भे ह्यदोषः स्यादालम्भे दोष उत्तमः। एवं स्थितस्य शास्त्रस्य दुर्विज्ञेयं बलाबलम्॥