Parashara said Dissociation is the root of what is good. Knowledge is the greatest path. Penances practised are never destroyed. Gifts also, made to worthy persons, are not lost.
पराशर उवाच असङ्ग श्रेयसो मूलं ज्ञानं चैव परा गतिः। चीर्णं तपो न प्रणश्येद्वापः क्षेत्रे न नश्यति॥