VasDhS, 23, 14.1 ya ātmatyāgy abhiśasto bhavati sapiṇḍānāṃ pretakarmachedaḥ //

VasDhS, 23, 16.2 ya ātmatyāginaḥ kuryāt snehāt pretakriyāṃ dvijaḥ /

VasDhS, 23, 19.1 jīvann ātmatyāgī kṛcchraṃ dvādaśarātraṃ caret trirātraṃ hy upavasen nityaṃ snigdhena vāsasā prāṇān ātmani cāyamya triḥ paṭhed aghamarṣaṇam iti //