Shloka 118
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जितात्मा विजितेन्द्रिय: । फल देवर्षिचरितं विपुलं समुपाश्ुते
sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu jitātmā vijitendriyaḥ | phalaṁ devarṣi-caritaṁ vipulaṁ samupāśnute ||
ビーシュマは言った。「十二か月のあいだ常に自制し、諸根を制して、二十八日目にただ一度だけ食する者は、天の聖仙の行いに伴うと説かれる豊かな果報を享受するに至る。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained mastery over mind and senses, expressed through rigorous regulated eating, is presented as a dharmic discipline that yields exalted spiritual merit comparable to that of divine seers.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and vows, he describes the fruit of a severe year-long regimen: the practitioner eats only once every twenty-eight days and thereby attains a great reward associated with the devarshis.