Manusmriti
फलमूलाशनैर्मेध्यैर्मुन्यन्नानां च भोजनैः । न तत् फलमवाप्नोति यत्मांसपरिवर्जनात् ॥ ५४ ॥
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
phalamUlAzanairmedhyairmunyannAnAM ca bhojanaiH । na tat phalamavApnoti yatmAMsaparivarjanAt ॥ 54 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptफलमूलाशनैर्मेध्यैर्मुन्यन्नानां च भोजनैः । न तत् फलमवाप्नोति यत्मांसपरिवर्जनात् ॥ ५४ ॥
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
phalamUlAzanairmedhyairmunyannAnAM ca bhojanaiH । na tat phalamavApnoti yatmAMsaparivarjanAt ॥ 54 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript