That man of learning and science that foremost of pious persons, who recites this narrative for the hearing of others wins great fame here and an auspicious end hereafter, as also a union with kinsmen and all desirable objects. Such a man has not to work hard for his maintenance and meets with all sorts of auspicious objects in life. These are the rewards reaped by a person who gifted with devotion to Vedic studies and with penances, recites this narrative in the hearing of others.
इष्टबान्धवसंयोगमनायासमनामयम्। यश्चैतच्छावयेद् विद्वान् विदुषो धर्मवित्तमः॥ स यशः प्राप्नुयाल्लोके परत्र च शुभां गतिम्। स्वाध्याययुक्ता मनुजास्तपोयुक्ताश्च भारत॥