Shloka 166

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते । कुरुनन्दन! जो पुरुष भगवान्‌की आराधनाका इच्छुक होकर पंचमी

Transliteration

upoṣya vyādhir-ahito vīryavān abhijāyate | kurunandana! yo puruṣo bhagavān-ārādhanāyā icchukaḥ san pañcamī-ṣaṣṭhī-aṣṭamī tathā kṛṣṇapakṣasya caturdaśyāṁ svagṛhe brāhmaṇān bhojayati svayaṁ copavāsam ācarati, sa rogarahito balavān bhavati |

Translation

ອັງຄິຣະສ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດ້ວຍການອົດອາຫານ ຄົນຍ່ອມພົ້ນຈາກໂລກໄພ ແລະ ມີພະລັງວັງຊາ. ໂອ ຜູ້ເປັນຄວາມຊື່ນບານແຫ່ງວົງກຸຣຸ! ຜູ້ຊາຍໃດປາດຖະໜາບູຊາພຣະເຈົ້າ ແລ້ວໃນວັນທີ 5, 6, 8 ແລະ ວັນທີ 14 ຂອງກຶສນະປັກສະ (ຄ່ຳຄືນຂ້າງມືດ) ໄດ້ເຊີນພຣາຫມັນມາຮັບປະທານອາຫານໃນເຮືອນຂອງຕົນ ແລະ ຕົນເອງຖືອຸປະວາສະ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຍ່ອມມີສຸຂະພາບດີ ແລະ ແຂງແຮງ».

Word by Word

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), कर्तरि, पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (absolutive)

• व्याधि-रहितः: free from disease
• व्याधि-रहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि + रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीर्य-वान्: vigorous, possessed of strength
• वीर्य-वान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिजायते: is born / comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, Third, Singular, कर्तरि

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras (अङ्गिरा)
• Kurunandana (कुरुनन्दन)
• Bhagavān (भगवान्)
• Brāhmaṇas (ब्राह्मणाः)
• Pañcamī
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Aṣṭamī
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Caturdaśī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotional discipline (upavāsa) combined with charitable hospitality (feeding Brāhmaṇas on specified lunar days) is presented as a dharmic practice that yields tangible fruits—freedom from illness and increased strength—linking religious observance with ethical giving and personal self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sage Aṅgiras instructs a Kuru prince (addressed as Kurunandana) about a specific pattern of observances: on certain tithis—pañcamī, ṣaṣṭhī, aṣṭamī, and kṛṣṇapakṣa-caturdaśī—one should host and feed Brahmins at home while personally fasting, as an act of worship toward Bhagavān.