Gifts made in all sacrifices, ablutions performed in all sacred waters, and the merit which one acquires from making all kinds of gifts mentioned in the scriptures all these do not equal abstention from cruelty in merit.
सर्वयज्ञेषु वा दानं सर्वतीर्थेपु वाऽऽप्लुतम्। सर्वदानफलं वापि नैतत्तुल्यमहिंसया॥