Shloka 40
सायंप्रातर्मनुष्पयाणामशन देवनिर्मितम् । नान्तरा भोजन दृष्टमुपवासविधिहिं स:
sāyaṃprātar manuṣyāṇām aśanaṃ devanirmitam | nāntarā bhojanaṃ dṛṣṭam upavāsavidhir hi saḥ |
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ສໍາລັບມະນຸດ ທ່ານເທວະດາໄດ້ບັນຍັດໃຫ້ກິນອາຫານພຽງສອງເວລາ—ເຊົ້າ ແລະ ແລງ. ບໍ່ປາກົດວ່າມີຂໍ້ບັນຍັດໃຫ້ກິນລະຫວ່າງກາງ. ຜູ້ໃດຮັກສາຂໍ້ຈໍາກັດນີ້ ຍ່ອມໄດ້ບຸນດັ່ງການອົບອົດອາຫານ. ແລະໃນຂອບເຂດແຫ່ງທໍານີ້ ເຈົ້າເຮືອນຜູ້ມີວິໄນ ຄວນເປັນຜູ້ປົກປ້ອງ ແລະ ຕ້ອນຮັບທຸກຄົນ—ແຂກ, ຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້, ຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງ, ແລະຜູ້ມາຂໍພຶ່ງພາ—ເພື່ອໃຫ້ການຄວບຄຸມຕົນເອງ ໜຸນເສີມຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບຕໍ່ສັງຄົມ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain disciplined eating—only morning and evening meals, avoiding food in between—so that restraint itself yields the merit associated with fasting; this personal discipline is aligned with the broader dharma of supporting and welcoming others (guests, dependents, kin, and refugees).
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he lays down a normative rule of conduct for householders: regulated meal-times as divinely ordained, and the ethical expectation that one’s life be oriented toward protection and hospitality for those connected to or dependent on the householder.