What are the fruits, described in the scriptures, of the vows that men observe. Of what nature are the fruits, you of great splendour, of observances of other kind? What, again, are the fruits of one's Vedic studies.
व्रतानां किं फलं प्रोक्तं कीदृशं वा महाद्युते। नियमानां फलं किं च स्वधीतस्य च किं फलम्॥