Shloka 71
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
दिनाभावात् समस्तानामभावो यागकर्मणाम् ।
तदभावात् सुराः पुष्टिं नोपयान्ति तपस्विनि ॥
dinābhāvāt samastānām abhāvo yāga-karmaṇām | tad-abhāvāt surāḥ puṣṭiṃ nopayānti tapasvini ||
Wahai wanita pertapa, karena tiadanya siang, semua upacara yajña terhenti; dan ketika itu terhenti, para dewa tidak memperoleh pemeliharaan dan kekuatan.
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FAQs
Ritual time (day) is presented as the infrastructure of yajña; when that infrastructure collapses, the divine order loses ‘puṣṭi’—a mythic way of stating that dharmic maintenance sustains the world.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is a dharma-cosmology linkage explaining how the world is upheld (yajña-adhāra).
‘Day’ can signify clarity and wakeful discipline; without it, sacrificial action (intentional offering) ceases, and higher tendencies (‘suras’) weaken.