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 |
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດຮັກສາວິໄນເຮັດອັກນິໂຫຕຣະ (Agnihotra) ທຸກມື້ ແລະໃນວັນທີ່ຊາວເອັດຈຶ່ງກິນພຽງຄັ້ງດຽວ—ເປັນອາຫານງ່າຍໆຕາມກົດ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄດ້ບັນລຸໂລກທິບ. ໃນທີ່ນັ້ນ ນັ່ງຢູ່ເທິງວິມານອາກາດອັນວິເສດ ແລະມີນາງຜູ້ດີເລີດຮັບໃຊ້ ລາວດຳລົງດັ່ງເຈົ້ານາຍໃນຫມູ່ອະມະຣະ ເພີດເພີນໃນສຸກທິບ ບໍ່ຖືກທຸກຂ໌ແຕະຕ້ອງ».
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.