Shloka 71
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
पूर्वकालमें अंगिरा मुनिने महर्षियोंको इस अनशन-व्रतकी महिमाका दिग्दर्शन कराया था। जो सदा इसका लोगोंमें प्रचार करता है, वह कभी दुःखी नहीं होता ।।
imaṃ tu kaunteya yathākramaṃ vidhiṃ pravartitaṃ haṅgirasā maharṣiṇā | paṭhec ca yo vai śṛṇuyāc ca nityadā na vidyate tasya narasya kilbiṣam ||
Ô fils de Kuntī, cette observance—établie en bon ordre comme règle légitime par le grand ṛṣi Aṅgiras—quiconque la récite et l’écoute chaque jour, pour cet homme il ne demeure aucune tache de faute.
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular recitation and attentive listening to a properly prescribed vow (vidhi), as taught by a revered sage, functions as a discipline of dharma that purifies one’s moral faults (kilbiṣa) and supports a life free from sorrow.
Aṅgiras addresses Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira), commending an established observance and stating its fruit: the person who daily reads and hears the rule of this vow gains purification, with sin not remaining for him.