Matsyapurana 41.3

41.3

aprāpyaṃ dīrghamāyuśca yaḥ prāpto vikṛtiṃ caret
tapyeta yadi tatkṛtvā caretsograṃ tapastataḥ //

“One who, getting the body of man obtained with difficulty, commits sins, must repent sincerely for them and then practise rigid penances in forest to wash them off. Whatever is cruel, is said by the wise to be unwholesome; the follower of the path of unrighteousness is foolish; and, as an unrighteous man is aimless. Similarly, O King! holy man is truly simple, who is always in meditation, and is really noble.”—2-4.