Shloka 109
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
षड्विंशे दिवसे यस्तु प्रकुयदिकभोजनम्,जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक मन और इन्द्रियोंको संयममें रखकर मिताहारी हो छब्बीसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है तथा वीतराग और जितेन्द्रिय हो प्रतिदिन अग्निमें आहुति देता है, वह महाभाग मनुष्य अप्सराओंसे पूजित हो सात मरुदगणों और आठ वसुओंके लोकोंमें जाता है
ṣaḍviṃśe divase yas tu prakūyādika-bhojanam | sa lagātāra bāraha māsān manasendriyāṇi saṃyamya mitāhārī bhūtvā ṣaḍviṃśe divase ekavāraṃ bhuṅkte | vītarāgo jitendriyaś ca san pratidinam agnau āhutiṃ juhoti | sa mahābhāgo manuṣya apsarobhiḥ pūjitaḥ sapta-marudgaṇānāṃ ca aṣṭa-vasūnāṃ ca lokeṣu gacchati ||
Bhīṣma said: “The man who, on the twenty-sixth day, takes a single meal (after a disciplined regimen), and who for twelve continuous months restrains his mind and senses, living on measured food; who is free from attachment, self-controlled, and offers oblations into the sacred fire every day—such a fortunate person, honored by the Apsarases, attains the celestial realms of the seven hosts of the Maruts and of the eight Vasus.”
भीष्म उवाच