वर्षे वर्षेऽश्वमेधेन यो यजेत शतं समाः । मांसानि च न खादेद् यस्तयोः पुण्यफलं समम् ॥ ५३ ॥
sanskrit
By subsisting on pure fruit and roots, and by eating food fit for ascetics (in the forest), one does not gain (so great) a reward as by entirely avoiding (the use of) flesh.
english translation