Shloka 37
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
जो मनुष्य प्रतिदिन सबेरे और शामको भोजन करता है, बीचमें जलतक नहीं पीता तथा सदा अहिंसा-परायण होकर नित्य अन्निहोत्र करता है, उसे छः: वर्षोमें सिद्धि प्राप्त हो जाती है। इसमें संशय नहीं है तथा नरेश्वर! वह अग्निष्टोम यज्ञका फल पाता है ।।
yo manuṣyaḥ pratidinaṃ sabere ca sāyaṃ ca bhojanaṃ karoti, madhye jalam api na pibati, tathā sadā ahiṃsā-parāyaṇaḥ san nityam agnihotraṃ karoti, tasya ṣaḍbhir varṣaiḥ siddhiḥ prāpyate—atra saṃśayo nāsti; nara-īśvara, sa agniṣṭoma-yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti. adhivāse so ’psarasāṃ nṛtya-gīta-vināditē ramate strī-sahasrāḍhye sukṛtī virajo naraḥ.
Dijo Aṅgiras: «El hombre que come solo dos veces al día —mañana y tarde—, que no bebe ni siquiera agua entre medias, y que permanece siempre entregado a la no violencia mientras realiza a diario el Agnihotra, alcanza la consumación espiritual en seis años. De ello no hay duda. Oh rey, obtiene el fruto del sacrificio Agniṣṭoma. Ese varón meritorio, libre de rajas (pasión), se deleita entonces en la morada celeste de las Apsaras, donde resuenan la danza y el canto, colmada de miles de mujeres divinas.»
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady discipline—moderation in food, strict restraint (even avoiding water between meals), unwavering non-violence, and faithful daily Agnihotra—produces assured spiritual attainment and merit comparable to a major Vedic sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma).
The sage Aṅgiras instructs a king about the results of a specific regimen of austerity and Vedic observance, describing both the certainty of attaining siddhi within six years and the heavenly enjoyment among Apsarases as the karmic reward.