Verse 49

⁴⁹on the full moon or the new, on the twelfth day or under the star Sravana, on a day that falls short, at a Vyatipata, at the sun's crossing, or on a Sunday. ⁵⁰One who has taken refuge at the feet of him whose feet are a ford should let those who trust hear it, wanting nothing for himself in it; content, he comes through. ⁵¹The gods show their favour to the merciful man, protector of the poor, who gives knowledge to one who does not know what is real, the deathless food on the good road. ⁵²Chief of the Kurus, this is what I have told you of Dhruva, whose deeds are famous and clean: a boy who left his toys and his mother's house and went to Visnu for refuge.