Whatever things there are which seem to be unattainable are sure to be acquired by penance. forsooth, the Rishis acquired their sixfold divine attributes through penance.
यद् दुरापं भवेत् किंचित् तत्सर्वं तपसो भवेत्। ऐश्वर्यमृषयः प्राप्तास्तपसैव न संशयः॥