That man who having fasted for thirteen days, eats a little clarified butter on the fourteenth day, and acts thus for a full year, acquires the merits of the Mahamedha sacrifice.
चतुर्दशे तु दिवसे यः पूर्णे प्राशते हविः। सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु महामेधफलं लभेत्॥