The ordinances about fasts, in their due order, O son of Kunti, have originated from the great Rishi Angirasa. The man who daily reads these ordinances or hears them read, becomes freed from all sins.
इमं तु कौन्तेय यथाक्रमं विधि प्रवर्तितं ह्यङ्गिरसा महर्षिणा। पठेच्च यो वै शृणुयाच्च नित्यदा न विद्यते तस्य नरस्य किल्बिषम्॥