Of that man who listens with rapt attention to the recitation of the whole of this Veda composed by (the Island-borm) Krishna, a millions sins, numbering such grave ones as Brahmanicide and the rest, are washed off.
कार्णं वेदमिमं सर्व सर्वं शृणुयाद् यः समाहितः। ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां कोटिस्तस्य विनश्यति॥