And the man that reads this Rāmāyaṇa conferring length of days, after death, is on honoured in heaven, along with his sons, and grandsons, and relations.
एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं पठन् रामायणं नरः। सपुत्रपौत्रः सगणः प्रेत्य स्वर्गे महायते॥