What ever sin committed in the day by a Brahmana through his senses are all purged off, if he reads the Bharata in the evening.
यदह्नात् कुरुते पापं ब्राह्मणस्त्विन्द्रियैश्चरन्। महाभारतमाख्याय सन्ध्यां मुच्यति पश्चिमाम्॥३९१