Shloka 19
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते । कृषिभागी बहुधनो बहुधान्यश्व॒ जायते
upoṣya vyādhir-ahito vīryavān abhijāyate | kṛṣibhāgī bahudhanaḥ bahudhānyāśvaḥ jāyate ||
ಉಪವಾಸ ಮಾಡಿದವನು ರೋಗರಹಿತನಾಗಿ, ವೀರ್ಯವಂತನಾಗಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವನಿಗೆ ಕೃಷಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲು/ಸಾಧನಗಳು ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತವೆ; ಅಪಾರ ಧನ, ಬಹುಧಾನ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅಶ್ವಸಂಪತ್ತಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಜನ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined fasting (upavāsa) is a dharmic practice whose karmic fruit is well-being in a future birth—freedom from illness, bodily vigor, and material prosperity such as agricultural means, wealth, grain, and horses.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma and observances, the sage Aṅgiras states the specific fruits (phala) of fasting: the practitioner is reborn healthy and strong and gains prosperity and resources.