By neglecting the Vedas, by guile, or by deception, one never succeeds in attaining to the Supreme. On the other hand, it is by practising Vedic rites that one succeeds in attaining to Brahina.
न वेदानां परिभवान्न शाठ्येन न मायया। महत् प्राप्नोति पुरुषो ब्रह्माणि ब्रह्म विन्दति॥