Shloka 17
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
Devanagari script
मार्गशीर्ष तु यो मासमेकभक्तेन संक्षिपेत्
Transliteration
mārgaśīrṣa tu yo māsam ekabhaktena saṁkṣipet
Translation
अंगिरा म्हणाले—जो मनुष्य मार्गशीर्ष महिना एकदाच भोजन करून व्यतीत करतो, तो संयमाचे व्रत आचरतो. हे व्रत येथे पुण्य म्हणून सांगितले आहे; कारण ते आत्मसंयम वाढवते आणि धर्ममय जीवन दृढ करते.
Word by Word
मार्गशीर्षम्the month Mārgaśīrṣa
मार्गशीर्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमार्गशीर्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मासम्month
मासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एकभक्तेनwith one meal (once-daily eating)
एकभक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootएकभक्त
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
संक्षिपेत्should observe/should pass (spend) (in restraint)
संक्षिपेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-क्षिप्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
अंगियरा उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
AṅgirāM
Mārgaśīrṣa (month)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse commends regulated eating—specifically taking only one meal a day during the month of Mārgaśīrṣa—as a form of tapas that cultivates self-mastery and supports ethical, dharmic conduct.
Aṅgirā is enumerating or prescribing month-based religious observances (vratas). Here he highlights the practice of ekabhakta (single daily meal) for the month of Mārgaśīrṣa as a meritorious discipline.