That man who having fasted for twentysix days eats a single meal on the twentyseventh day, and acts thus for a full year, pouring libations every day on his sacred fire, acquires great merit and proceeding to the celestial region, receives honours from the deities, Living there he subsists on nectar freed from thirst of every kind, and enjoying every happiness.
सप्तविंशेऽथ दिवसे यः कुर्यादेकभोजनम्॥ सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जुह्वानो जातवेदसम्। फलं प्राप्नोति विपुलं देवलोके च पूज्यते॥ अमृताशी वसंस्तत्र स वितृष्णः प्रमोदते।