Such a man enjoys every kind of happiness in Heaven for full forty thousand years. He who passes a whole year observing fasts for seven days and taking food on only every eighth day, gains the merit of the Gavamaya sacrifice. The chariot he rides, is drawn by swans and cranes.
यत्वारिंशत् सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते। अष्टमेन तु भक्तेन जीवन् संवत्सरं नृप॥ गवामयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः। हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति॥