Shloka 25
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
जो स्त्री अथवा पुरुष इन्द्रियसंयमपूर्वक एक समय भोजन करके वैशाख मासको पार करता है, वह सजातीय बन्धु-बान्धवोंमें श्रेष्ठताको प्राप्त होता है ।।
aṅgirā uvāca |
yo strī athavā puruṣa indriyasaṃyamapūrvakaṃ ekakālaṃ bhojanaṃ kṛtvā vaiśākha-māsaṃ pārayati, sa sajātīya-bandhu-bāndhaveṣu śreṣṭhatāṃ prāpnoti ||
jyeṣṭha-mūlaṃ tu yo māsam ekabhaktena saṃkṣipet |
aiśvaryam atulaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pumān strī vā prapadyate ||
アンギラーは言った。「女であれ男であれ、まず諸根を制し、ヴァイシャーカ月を一日に一度の食事で過ごす者は、同族の親類縁者の中で第一となる。さらに、ジュエーシュタ月（Jyeṣṭha）をも一日一食で全うする者は、女男を問わず、比類なき優れた繁栄を得る。」
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-restraint expressed through a simple, disciplined vow—eating once daily during sacred months—cultivates merit that manifests as social esteem among one’s kin and as exceptional prosperity, regardless of gender.
In a didactic passage on vows and their fruits within the Anuśāsana Parva, the sage Aṅgirā instructs about monthly observances (Vaiśākha and Jyeṣṭha) and states the rewards promised for completing them with sense-control and single-meal discipline.