महाभारत - वन - अनशन

न हि पापानि कर्माणि शुद्ध्यंत्यनशनादिभिः ।
सीदत्यनशनादेव मांसशोणितलेपनः ॥

- महाभारत, वन

na hi pApAni karmANi shudhyanti anashanAdibhiH ।
sIdanti anashanAdeva mAmsa shoNita lepanaH ॥

- mahAbhArata, vana

One's sins will not be washed away by rituals like fasting. Only thing that is achieved by fasting is wearing of the body made of flesh and blood.

- Mahabharata, Vana