Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
देहं वानशने त्यक्त्वा स स्वर्ग समुपाश्ुते । जो केवल अपने ही सहारे जीवन-यापन करता हुआ नियमपूर्वक रहता है और नियमित भोजन करता है अथवा अनशन व्रतका आश्रय ले शरीरको त्याग देता है, वह स्वर्गका सुख भोगता है
dehaṁ vānaśane tyaktvā sa svargaṁ samupāśnute |
Maheśvara said: “One who lives in disciplined self-reliance, observing prescribed restraints and regulated food, or who—having undertaken a vow of fasting—relinquishes the body through such austerity, attains heaven and enjoys its felicity.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच