Shloka 53
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
अनार्तों व्याधिरहितो गच्छेदनशनं तु यः । पदे पदे यज्ञफलं स प्राप्नोति न संशय:,जो बिना रोग-व्याधिके अनशन व्रत करता है, उसे पद-पदपर यज्ञका फल मिलता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है
anārto vyādhirahito gacched anaśanaṃ tu yaḥ | pade pade yajñaphalaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ ||
苦悩なく病もない者が、断食（アナーシャナ）の誓いを行ずるなら、歩みの一歩ごとに祭祀（ヤジュニャ）に等しい功徳を得る—疑いはない。ここで説かれるのは、苦行（タパス）は身体の健やかさと内なる安定を備えてこそ倫理的意義を持ち、病や苦しみによる強いられた行いでは本義を失うということである。
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fasting undertaken voluntarily by one who is healthy and undistressed is praised as a powerful form of tapas, yielding merit comparable to sacrificial rites again and again; the emphasis is on disciplined, intentional austerity rather than suffering-driven deprivation.
Aṅgiras is instructing about the religious and ethical value of vows. In this verse he commends the practice of anaśana (fasting) for a person free from illness, stating that such a vow brings the fruit of yajña at every step.