The fruit that one reaps by giving as assurance to all creatures of his harmlessness cannot be obtained by celebrating a thousand sacrifices or by daily fasts.
न तत् ऋतुसहस्रेण नोपवासैश्च नित्यशः। अभयस्य च दानेन यत् फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः॥