He whọ observes fasts for three nights every month and acts thus for two and ten years, acquires a position of eminence among his kinsmen and friends, without a rival to contest his claim and without any anxiety caused by any one trying to rise to the same height.
मासि मासि त्रिरात्राणि कृत्वा वर्षाणि द्वादश। गणाधिपत्यं प्राप्नोति निःसपत्नमनाविलम्॥