That man, who makes gifts of food in light half of the month of Kartika, succeeds in getting over every difficulty here and acquires endless happiness hereafter.
कौमुदे शुक्लपक्षे तु योऽन्नदानं करोत्युत। स संतरति दुर्गाणि प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्नुते॥