The Deities said If a person, taking a vessel of copper filling it with water and facing the East determines upon a fast or the observance of a particular vow, the celestials become pleased with him and all his wishes become crowned with fortune. By observing fasts or vows in any other way, littlewitted man gain nothing.
देवा ऊचुः प्रगृह्यौदुम्बरं पात्रं तोयपूर्णमुदङ्मुखः। उपवासं तु गृह्णीयाद् यद् वा संकल्पयेद् व्रतम्॥ देवतास्तस्य तुष्यन्ति कामिकं चापि सिध्यति। अन्यथा हि वृथा मर्त्याः कुर्वते स्वल्पबुद्धयः॥