He who fasts for eight days and takes only one meal on every ninth day for one full year, and pours libations on the sacred fire every day, wine the great merits of a thousand Horse sacrifices. The car he rides in Heaven is beautiful like a lotus.
वयोरूपविलासिन्यो लभते नात्र संशयः। यस्तु संवत्सरं भुङ्क्ते नवमे नवमेऽहनि॥ सदा द्वादशमासान् वै जुह्वानो जातवेदसम्। अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्॥