Whatever sins also he might have cominit in the night by deeds words or mind are all purged off if he reads the Bharata in the first twilight of the morning.
यद्रात्रौ कुरुते पापं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा। महाभारतमाख्याय पूर्व सन्ध्यां प्रमुच्यते॥