The eternal Vedic practices are entirely abandoned by one who allows himself to be stupefied by some mistakes that he may have marked in the conduct of those who are admittedly good and wise. One, however, who is gifted with learning, or one who has controlled his senses, or one who has strength of mind, acquires liberations by virtue of that very conduct.
प्रणष्टः शाश्वतो धर्मस्त्वनाचारेण मोहितः। तेन वैद्यस्तपस्वी वा बलवान् वा विमुह्यते॥