Abstention from injury to all creatures, contentment, conduct, sincerity, penances, selfcontrol, truthfulness, and gifts, are each equal in point of merit to sacrifice.
अद्रोहः सर्वभूतेषु संतोषः शीलमार्जवम्। तपो दमश्च सत्यं च प्रदानं चेति सम्मितम्॥