I tell you, the whole Bharata has been read by the man who reads this chapter,. The man who with reverence hears every day these sacred words, gains long life and goes to heaven. In time gone by, the celestials met together and placed the four Vedas on one side and this Bharata on the other side of a scale and the Bharata weighed heavier.
अधीतं भारतं तेन कृत्स्नं स्यादिति मे मतिः। यश्चैनं शृणुयान्नित्यमार्षं श्रद्धासमन्वितः॥ स दीर्घमायुः कीर्ति च स्वर्गतिं चाप्नुयान्नरः। एकतश्चतुरो वेदा भारतं चैतदेकतः॥ पुरा किल सुरैः सर्वैः समेत्य तुलया धृतम्। चतुर्थ्यः सरहस्येभ्यो वेदेभ्यो ह्यधिकं यदा॥