Manusmriti

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फलमूलाशनैर्मेध्यैर्मुन्यन्नानां च भोजनैः । न तत् फलमवाप्नोति यत्मांसपरिवर्जनात् ॥ ५४ ॥

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

phalamUlAzanairmedhyairmunyannAnAM ca bhojanaiH | na tat phalamavApnoti yatmAMsaparivarjanAt || 54 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript