Shloka 66
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
जो बारह महीनेतक प्रति चौदहवें दिन हविष्यान्न भोजन करता है, वह महामेध यज्ञका फल पाता है ।।
Bhīṣma uvāca: yo dvādaśa māsān prati caturdaśe dine haviṣyānna-bhojanaṁ karoti, sa mahāmedha-yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti. anirdeśya-vayo-rūpā devakanyāḥ su-alaṅkṛtāḥ, mṛṣṭa-taptāṅgada-dharā vimānaiḥ upayānti tam.
ビーシュマは言った。「十二か月のあいだ、毎月十四日ごとに供物の簡素な食（ハヴィシュヤーンナ haviṣyānna）を口にする者は、マハーメーダ（Mahāmedha）祭と等しい功徳を得る。さらに、若さと美しさが言葉では尽くせぬ天女たちが、種々の装身具をまとい、火で鍛え清められた純金の腕輪を着け、天の車（ヴィマーナ）に乗ってその人のもとへ近づき、仕えるのである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained self-restraint through a regulated vow-diet (haviṣyānna on each fourteenth day for a year) is presented as dharmically potent, yielding merit comparable to a major sacrifice; inner discipline can substitute for costly ritual.
Bhishma describes the spiritual ‘fruit’ of a specific annual observance: the practitioner gains the merit of the Mahāmedha sacrifice and is honored in heaven, symbolized by celestial maidens arriving in vimānas to attend him.