By penance one acquires to that portion, by becoming which one creates the universe. By penance one becomes that by which one becomes the powerful master of all things.
तपसा तदवाप्नोति यद् भूत्वा सृजते जगत्। तद् भूतश्च ततः सर्वभूतानां भवति प्रभुः॥