Shloka 21
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
माघं तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन य:ः क्षिपेत् श्रीमत्कुले ज्ञातिमध्ये स महत्त्व प्रपद्यते
māghaṃ tu niyato māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet | śrīmatkule jñātimadhye sa mahattvaṃ prapadyate ||
アṅギラーは言った。規律ある誓願を守り、マーガ月（Māgha）を一日に一度の食事のみで過ごす者は、富める家に生まれ、身内の中で名誉と重きを得る。
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Disciplined self-restraint—specifically observing the Māgha-month vow of eating once daily—generates merit that ripens into auspicious worldly results: birth in a prosperous family and honor among one’s relatives. The verse links ethical regulation of appetite with social and karmic uplift.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on vows and religious observances, the sage Aṅgirā states a specific fruit (phala) of a Māgha-month discipline: the practitioner who completes the month with a one-meal regimen attains prominence and esteem within his lineage.