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 ||
Aṅgiras dit : «Mais celui qui ne mange qu’au matin et au soir, sans boire entre les deux ; qui demeure sans cesse voué à l’ahiṃsā, la non-violence ; et qui offre régulièrement des oblations dans le feu sacré (Agni), vit selon une règle de retenue conforme au dharma, joignant la conduite éthique au devoir sacrificiel quotidien.»
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.