For the four rainy months of the year, is cleansed of all his sins. He, who has read the Bharata, may be regarded as one who has studied the Vedas.
चतुरो वार्षिकामासान्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते। विज्ञेयः स च वेदानां पारगो भारतं पठन्॥