That man who eats once in the forenoon and once after evening and abstains from drinking at the interval, and who shows mercy towards all creatures, and pours libations of clarified butter on his sacred fire every day, acquires success, O king, in six years. There is no doubt in this. Such a man acquires the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.
यस्तु प्रातस्तथा सायं भुजानो नान्तरा पिबेत्। अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं जुह्वानो जातवेदसम्॥ षभिः स वषैर्नृपते सिध्यते नात्र संशयः। अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः॥