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 ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಹನ್ನೆರಡು ತಿಂಗಳು ಸದಾ ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮದಿಂದ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಜಯದಿಂದ ಇರುವವನು ದೇವರ್ಷಿಗಳು ಆಚರಿಸಿದ ವ್ರತದಿಂದ ದೊರೆಯುವ ಅಪಾರ ಫಲವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।
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.