For the sake of multiplying their merit or for acquiring their means of livelihood, the wise should follow charity, penances and purity of both body and mind. Those who wish to ascend to Heaven, should follow in this tract and not any other.
दानधर्मतपोयुक्तः शीलशौचदयात्मकः॥ वृत्त्यर्थं धर्महेतोर्वा सेवितव्यः सदा नरैः। स्वर्गवासमभीप्सद्भिर्न सेव्यस्त्वत उत्तरः॥