।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। तपस्तपति योऽरण्ये वन्यमूलफलाशनः ।। योऽधीते ऋचमेकां हि फलं स्यात्तत्समं मुने ।। १ ।।
Sanatkumāra said:— O sage, the fruit is the same whether one performs penance in a forest restricting his diet to roots and fruits there or studies a single Vedic verse.