How have vows and fasts come to be observed by persons of all castes, O king? What is that end which one devoted to the observance of fasts, acquires?
नियमांश्चोपवासांश्च सर्वेषा ब्रूहि पार्थिव। आप्नोति कां गतिं तात उपवासपरायणः॥