That man who having fasted for twenty days, takes a single meal on the (wenty first day, and acts thus for a full year, pouring libations every day on his sacred fire, acquires the regions of Ushanas and Shakra, of the Ashvins and the Maruts, and lives there in uninterrupted happiness of great measure.
एकविंशे तु दिवसे यो भुङ्क्ते ह्येकभोजनम्॥ सदा द्वादशमासान् वै जुह्वानो जातवेदसम्। लोकमौशनसं दिव्यं शक्रलोकं च गच्छति॥ अश्विनोर्मरुतां चैव सुखेष्वभिरतः सदा।