सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। एवमुच्चार्य्य तं दद्यात् द्विजेभ्यः सर्वदा हितः ।। नैकस्यापि प्रदातव्यं न निस्तारस्ततो भवेत् ।। ३१ ।।
The presiding deity shall be made after reciting the above formula It shall not be given to a single person. There is no benefit in it. It shall be distributed among many brahmins.
ददात्येवं तु यो व्यास तुलापुरुषमुत्तमम् ।। हत्वा पापं दिव्यं तिष्ठेद्यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्द्दश ।। ३२ ।।
O Vyāsa, he who makes this excellent gift of the presiding deity of the balance destroys his sins and attains heaven He stays there as long as the fourteen Indras rule over it.