Shloka 106
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उपवासविधौ षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi upavāsavidhau ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parvan—plus précisément dans la section consacrée au dharma des dons et au mérite religieux—s’achève le cent sixième chapitre, portant sur les règles et la discipline justes du jeûne (upavāsa).
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose theme is upavāsa-vidhi—ethical and ritual discipline around fasting—situated within the broader instruction on dāna-dharma (the moral law of giving). It frames fasting as a regulated practice within dharma rather than mere self-denial.
The verse functions as a formal closing statement: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parvan), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parvan), and the chapter topic (rules of fasting), and then declares the chapter number as completed.