Whatever sins a Brahmana may commit at night in the midst of women, are all washed off before dawn by reciting a portion of the Mahabharata.
यद् रात्रौ कुरुते पापं ब्राह्मणः स्त्रीगणैर्वृतः। महाभारतमाख्याय पूर्व संध्या प्रमुच्यते॥