Shloka 114
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जुह्मानो जातवेदसम् | फल प्राप्रोति विपुलं देवलोके च पूज्यते
sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu juhmāno jātavedasam | phalaṁ prāpnoti vipulaṁ devaloke ca pūjyate ||
Bhishma dit : Celui qui, durant douze mois entiers, verse sans relâche des oblations à Jataveda (Agni) dans le feu sacré et, par une stricte continence, ne prend nourriture qu’une fois tous les vingt-sept jours, obtient un mérite abondant et est honoré dans le monde des dieux. L’enseignement loue le culte védique joint à l’austérité, faisant de la maîtrise de soi un moyen d’élévation et d’estime divine.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained Vedic worship (offering into Agni) combined with rigorous self-discipline and fasting is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that yields great spiritual merit and leads to honor in devaloka.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and religious observances, he describes the reward for a practitioner who maintains agnihotra-like offerings for a year while eating only once every twenty-seventh day, emphasizing the exalted result of such austerity.