Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 8736
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
सदा द्वादशमासान् वै सप्तलोकान् स पश्यति । जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक उन्नीसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, वह भी भू आदि सातों लोकोंका दर्शन करता है
sadā dvādaśamāsān vai saptalokān sa paśyati |
Bhishma dit : «Pendant douze mois entiers, il contemple les sept mondes.» Dans le contexte, cela est donné comme le fruit spirituel d’un vœu de nourriture réglée : celui qui, douze mois d’affilée, ne mange qu’une fois le dix-neuvième jour, obtient aussi la vision des sept lokas, à commencer par Bhū-loka.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained self-restraint (tapas) practiced as a vow is portrayed as generating extraordinary spiritual merit, culminating in expanded perception—symbolized here by ‘seeing the seven worlds,’ i.e., insight into the full cosmic hierarchy.
Bhishma is instructing on vows and their fruits. In this line he states the result of a particular long-term discipline: over the course of a year, the practitioner is said to gain vision of the seven realms.