O king, as the moon emerges from the clouds, so does a king emerge from all sins by bestowing thousands of villages and kine on the Brahmanas.
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददद् ग्रामान् गाश्च राजन् सहस्रशः। मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यस्तमोभ्य इव चन्द्रमाः॥