That man who makes a present of a hundred kine with their horns covered with plate of gold to a Brahmana gifted with much learning and wellconversant with the Vedas, and he who causes the excellent Bharata story to be recited in his house every day, are said to acquire equal merits.
यो गोशतं कनकशृङ्गमयं ददाति विप्राय वेदविदुषे च बहुश्रुताय। दिव्यां च भारतकथां कथयेच नित्यं तुल्यं फलं भवति तस्य च तस्य चैव॥