He who fasts for nine days and takes only one meal every tenth day for a whole year, and pours libations on his sacred fire every day, gains the high merit of a thousand Horse sacrifices and attains to the companionship of Brahmana's daughters whose beauty charm the hearts of all creatures.
कोटीशतसहस्रं च तेषु लोकेषु मोदते। यस्तु संवत्सरं भुङ्क्ते दशाहे वै गते गते॥ सदा द्वादशमासान् वै जुह्वानो जातवेदसम् ब्रह्मकन्यानिवासे च सर्वभूतमनोहरे॥ अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्।