If one becomes a Brahmacharin and control his anger, devotes oneself to truth and practises mercy towards all creatures, and then bathes in the Lake of Waters, one is sure to acquire the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
अपां ह्रद उपस्पृश्य वाजिमेधफलं लभेत्। ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधः सत्यसंधस्त्वहिंसकः॥