Poor men, O of Pritha, may, nevertheless, acquire the fruits thereof (by the observance of fasts). By observing these fasts, even a poor man may acquire the highest end, O foremost one of Bharata's race, devoting himself all the while besides, to the worship of the celestials and the Brahinanas. I have thus recited to you in full the ordinance about fasts.
दरिद्रैर्मनुजैः पार्थ प्राप्तं यज्ञफलं यथा॥ उपवासानिमान् कृत्वा गच्छेच्च परमां गतिम्। देवद्विजातिपूजायां रतो भरतसत्तम॥ उपवासविधिस्त्वेष विस्तरेण प्रकीर्तितः।