a By making such offerings one is considered as doing the duties of hospitality or a hundred years to all the powerful elephants which exist in the three worlds.
ये च नागा महावीर्यास्त्रिषु लोकेषु कृत्स्नशः। कृतातिथ्या भवेयुस्ते शतं वर्षाणि तत्त्वतः॥