"O mighty armed Yudhishthira, O foremost of all virtuous men, lear; those men who do not perform asceticism never obtain great happiness in this world; men experience happiness and misery by turn.
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो शृणु धर्मभृतां वर॥ नातप्ततपसो लोके प्राप्नुवन्ति महासुखम्। सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणोपसेवते॥