Shloka 68
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणि विश्वामित्रेण धीमता । क्षान्तमेकेन भक्तेन तेन विप्रत्वमागत:
divyavarṣasahasrāṇi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā | kṣāntam ekena bhaktena tena vipratvam āgataḥ ||
অঙ্গিৰাই ক’লে—সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰ দিব্যবছৰ ধৰি প্ৰাজ্ঞ বিশ্বামিত্ৰ একাগ্ৰ ভক্তিসাধনাত স্থিত হৈ ধৈৰ্যসহকাৰে সকলো সহ্য কৰিছিল; সেই অচঞ্চল ক্ষমা-তপস্যাৰ বলতেই তেওঁ ব্ৰাহ্মণত্ব লাভ কৰিলে।
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfast forbearance (kṣānti), sustained over long periods and supported by devoted discipline, can transform one’s spiritual standing; inner qualities and tapas are presented as decisive for attaining brahminhood.
Aṅgiras cites Viśvāmitra as an exemplar: through enduring hardships for thousands of divine years with single-minded devotion, Viśvāmitra ultimately attains vipratva (the status of a brāhmaṇa).