The grandsire said The merit, earned by you by protecting your subjects and increasing the human stock for a great many thousands of years and the performance of many sacrificial rites and making many gifts,
पितामह उवाच बहुवर्षसहस्रान्तं प्रजापालनवर्धितम्। अनेकक्रतुदानौधैर्यत् त्वयोपार्जितं फलम्॥