What pleases deity, what pleases the departed manes, the Rishis, the companions of Mahadeva, the goddess Shri Chitragupta, and the powerful Elephants which rule the cardinal points of the compass, what forms the religion of the Rishis, the religion viz., which has many mysteries and which yields high fruits, the merits of what are called great gifts, and the merits of all the sacrifices he who knows these, O sinless one, and knowing acts according to his knowledge, becomes freed from stains if he has stains and acquires the inerits indicated.
येन यः प्रीयते देवः प्रीयन्ते पितरस्तथा। ऋषयः प्रमथा: श्रीश्च चित्रगुप्तो दिशां गजाः॥ ऋषिधर्मः स्मृतो यत्र सरहस्यो महाफलः। महादानफलं चैव सर्वयज्ञफलं तथा॥ यश्चैतदेवं जानीयाज्ज्ञात्वा वा कुरुतेऽनघ। सदोषोऽदोषवांश्चेह तैर्गुणैः सह युज्यते॥