Shloka 12
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
वैश्या: शूद्राश्न यन्मोहादुपवासं प्रचक्रिरे । त्रिरात्रं वा द्विरात्रं वा तयोव््युष्टिन विद्यते,वैश्यों और शूद्रोंने जो मोहवश तीन रात अथवा दो रातका उपवास किया है, उसका उन्हें कोई फल नहीं मिला है
vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca yan mohād upavāsaṃ pracakrire | trirātraṃ vā dvirātraṃ vā tayoḥ vyuṣṭir na vidyate ||
Aṅgiras berkata: “Adapun puasa yang dilakukan para Waisya dan Sudra karena kebingungan—baik tiga malam maupun dua malam—tidak mendatangkan buah rohani bagi mereka.”
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity such as fasting yields merit only when performed with right understanding and proper intention; when done “from delusion” (mohāt), it is portrayed as spiritually unproductive.
The sage Aṅgiras is instructing about dharma and the efficacy of religious observances, stating that certain fasts undertaken by Vaiśyas and Śūdras out of confusion do not produce the intended religious result.