He who fasting for five days, takes food only on the sixth day, and pious libations on his sacred fire every day for one year, and who performs three ablutions in course of the day for purifying himself and saying his prayers and paying his adoration, and who leads a celibate life, divested of malice in his conduct, acquires the merit of the Gomedha sacrifice.
दिवसे यस्तु षष्ठे वै मुनिः प्राशेत भोजनम्॥ सदा द्वादशमासान् वै जुह्वानो जातवेदसम्। सदा त्रिषवणस्नायी ब्रह्मचार्यनसूयकः॥ गवां मेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्।