That person, who tells his disciple words of good meaning drawn from the Vedas, acquires merit equal to that which is acquired by making gifts of earth and kine.
यो ब्रूयाच्चापि शिष्याय धां ब्राह्मीं सरस्वतीम्। पृथिवीगोप्रदानाभ्यां तुल्यं स फलमश्नुते॥