Shloka 71
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
पूर्वकालमें अंगिरा मुनिने महर्षियोंको इस अनशन-व्रतकी महिमाका दिग्दर्शन कराया था। जो सदा इसका लोगोंमें प्रचार करता है, वह कभी दुःखी नहीं होता ।।
imaṃ tu kaunteya yathākramaṃ vidhiṃ pravartitaṃ haṅgirasā maharṣiṇā | paṭhec ca yo vai śṛṇuyāc ca nityadā na vidyate tasya narasya kilbiṣam ||
O son of Kuntī, this observance—set forth in due order as a proper rule by the great seer Aṅgiras—whoever recites it and also listens to it every day, for that person no stain of sin remains.
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular recitation and attentive listening to a properly prescribed vow (vidhi), as taught by a revered sage, functions as a discipline of dharma that purifies one’s moral faults (kilbiṣa) and supports a life free from sorrow.
Aṅgiras addresses Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira), commending an established observance and stating its fruit: the person who daily reads and hears the rule of this vow gains purification, with sin not remaining for him.