Shloka 15
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
जो मनुष्य नित्य अग्निमें होम करता हुआ एक वर्षतक प्रति दूसरे दिन एक बार भोजन करता है तथा प्रतिदिन अग्निकी उपासनामें तत्पर रहकर नित्य सबेरे जागता है, वह अग्निष्टोम यज्ञका फल पाता है ।। हंससारसयुक्तं च विमानं लभते नर: | इन्द्रलोके च वसते वरस्त्रीभि: समावृत:,वह मानव हंस और सारसोंसे जुते हुए विमानको पाता है और इन्द्रलोकमें सुन्दरी स्त्रियोंसे घिरा हुआ निवास करता है
Bhīṣma uvāca: yo manuṣyo nityam agnau homaṃ kurvan ekavarṣaṃ yāvat pratyahaṃ dvitīyadine ekavāraṃ bhojanaṃ karoti tathā pratidinam agnyupāsane tatparaḥ san nityaṃ prātaḥ prabudhyate, sa agniṣṭoma-yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti. haṃsa-sārasa-yuktaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ; indraloke ca vasate vara-strībhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ.
Bhishma said: A man who, for a full year, performs daily offerings into the sacred fire, eats only once every other day, remains devoted each day to the worship of Agni, and rises regularly at dawn—such a person attains the merit equivalent to the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. He is said to obtain a celestial chariot yoked with swans and cranes, and to dwell in Indra’s heaven surrounded by excellent women.
भीष्म उवाच