Shloka 35
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
यस्तु प्रातस्तथा सायं भुञ्जानो नान्तरा पिबेत् । अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं जुह्मॉानो जातवेदसम्
yastu prātastathā sāyaṃ bhuñjāno nāntarā pibet | ahiṃsā-nirato nityaṃ juhvāno jātavedasam ||
Dijo Aṅgiras: «Pero aquel que come solo por la mañana y por la tarde, y no bebe entre medias; que está siempre entregado a la no violencia; y que ofrece con regularidad oblaciones en el fuego sagrado (Agni), vive conforme a un régimen contenido y dhármico, uniendo la rectitud moral con el deber sacrificial cotidiano.»
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse commends a disciplined life combining restraint in consumption (eating only morning and evening, avoiding interim drinking), steadfast non-violence, and regular fire-offerings—presenting dharma as both ethical self-control and faithful daily duty.
Aṅgiras is describing the conduct of an exemplary practitioner: a person who follows regulated meals, practices ahiṃsā, and maintains the sacrificial fire through oblations to Agni (Jātavedas), as part of a broader instruction on righteous living.