Without having gained purity of heart which is the true end of all religions acts such as gifts and sacrifices, men of foolish a even understandings do not succeed in acquiring a knowledge of what is necessary in making one Brahmana when explained by preceptors. Shorn of a knowledge of all this, these men desire fruits of a different sort, viz., heaven and its joys.
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यः सर्वेषामभयं यतः। नान्तरेणानुजानन्ति दानयज्ञक्रियाफलम्। अविज्ञाय च तत् सर्वमन्यद् रोचयते फलम्॥