Shloka 93
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
एकविंशे तु दिवसे यो भुड्क्ते होकभोजनम्
ekaviṁśe tu divase yo bhuṅkte hokabhojanam, sevyamāno varastrībhiḥ krīḍaty amaravat prabhuḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「日々アグニホートラ（Agnihotra）の規律を守り、二十一日目にただ一度—質素で定めにかなった食を—口にする者は、天界の諸世界に至る。そこでは、輝かしい天の車に座し、すぐれた女人たちに仕えられ、不死者の中の主のごとく生き、神々の歓楽に遊び、憂いに触れられることがない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links disciplined ritual observance and regulated eating (a form of tapas and niyama) with auspicious karmic results—attainment of higher worlds and freedom from sorrow—presenting self-restraint and fidelity to sacred duty as ethically potent.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the fruits of vows and rites. Here he describes the exalted posthumous condition of one who maintains Agnihotra and follows a strict regimen culminating in eating once on the twenty-first day, enjoying divine status and pleasures in celestial realms.