तस्य बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना तपः कुर्यामनुत्तमम्। तपो हि परमं श्रेयः संमोहमितरत्सुखम्॥
tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā tapaḥ kuryāmanuttamam| tapo hi paramaṃ śreyaḥ saṃmohamitaratsukham||
English Meaning
Thereupon he determined upon performing a hard penance. He considered asceticism as the best of all and regarded all other things as mere illusions.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)