Shloka 17
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
नरेश्वर! जो देवताओं, पितरों और आश्रितोंको भोजन करानेके बाद बचे हुए अन्नको ही स्वयं भोजन करता है उसे विघसाशी कहते हैं। उन मनुष्योंको ब्रह्मधाममें अक्षय लोकोंकी प्राप्ति होती है तथा गन्धर्वोंसहित अप्सराएँ उनकी सेवामें उपस्थित होती हैं ।।
nareśvara! yo devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca āśritebhyaś ca bhojanaṃ dattvā paścād avaśiṣṭam annaṃ svayaṃ bhuṅkte sa vighasāśī iti kathyate. teṣāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ brahmadhāmani akṣayalokaprāptir bhavati, gandharvaiḥ saha apsarasaś ca teṣāṃ sevāyāṃ tiṣṭhanti. devatātithibhiḥ sārdhaṃ pitṛbhyaś ca bhāgaṃ dattvā ye svayaṃ bhuñjate, te iha loke putrapautraiḥ saha ramante; mṛtyoḥ paraṃ ca teṣāṃ gatir anuttamā bhavati.
ビーシュマは言った。「人の王よ、まず神々と祖霊（ピトリ）と、己に依り頼む者たちに食を施し、そののち残りのみを食する者を、ヴィガサーシン（vighasāśin）—残食を食む者—と呼ぶ。そのような人々は梵界（Brahma-dhāma）において朽ちぬ世界を得、アプサラスはガンダルヴァとともに、その奉仕に備えて侍立する。また、神々と客人に加えて祖霊のために食の分を先に取り分け、それから自ら食する者は、この世では子や孫とともに歓びを享受し、死後には最上にして無上の境地へと至る。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Householder dharma is expressed through priority: first offer food to gods, ancestors, guests, and dependents, and only then eat. This self-restraint and generosity are said to yield both worldly well-being (family joy and continuity) and the highest post-mortem attainment.
In Bhishma’s instruction to the king within the Anushasana Parva, he defines the ethical ideal of the vighasāśin and describes the rewards promised for those who distribute food properly—linking daily domestic practice with cosmic merit and ultimate destiny.