It cannot be said whether, he who performs a thousand Chandrayana rites for purifying his body and he who drinks the water of Ganga, are equal.
इन्द्रव्रतसहस्रं तु यश्चरेत् कायशोधनम्। पिबेद् यश्चापि गङ्गाम्भः समौ स्यातां न वा समौ॥३९