Agastya’s Instruction on Bhakti and Mantra-Siddhi; Descent to Pātāla and the Hearing of Vaiṣṇavī Kathā
अत्युपद्रवदुः खघ्नं परमायुष्य वर्द्धनम् / दानं व्रतं तपस्तीर्थं यत्कृतं त्विह जन्मनि
atyupadravaduḥ khaghnaṃ paramāyuṣya varddhanam / dānaṃ vrataṃ tapastīrthaṃ yatkṛtaṃ tviha janmani
It destroys grievous calamities and sorrows and increases the highest span of life; within it lies the merit of charity, vows, austerity, and pilgrimage to sacred tīrthas performed in this very birth.