धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं पुत्र्यं स्वय॑मथापि च। यः श्रावयति विप्रेषु क्षत्रियेष्वितरेषु च॥ प्रीयन्ते पितरस्तस्य प्रायन्ते दैवतानि च। इदमाख्यानमायुष्यं गङ्गावतरणं शुभम्॥
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ putryaṃ svaya̭mathāpi ca| yaḥ śrāvayati vipreṣu kṣatriyeṣvitareṣu ca|| prīyante pitarastasya prāyante daivatāni ca| idamākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ śubham||
English Meaning
He that recite this story conferring prosperity, fame, long life, and heaven to Vipras, Kșatriyas, and other, attain the good graces of his ancestors and the celestials.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)