All acts that are done by man under the influence of pride, meet with destruction. Therefore, there is no other act, for the respectable and the truly righteous, in this world to do than penance.
क्रियमाणं यदा कर्म नाशं गच्छति मानुषम्। तेषां नान्यदृते लोके तपसः कर्म विद्यते॥