Shloka 28

Devanagari script

प्रौष्ठदं तु यो मासमेकाहारो भवेन्नर: । गवाद्यं स्फीतमचलमैश्चर्य प्रतिपद्यते,जो मनुष्य भाद्रपद मासमें एक समय भोजन करके रहता है, वह गोधनसे सम्पन्न, समृद्धिशील तथा अविचल ऐश्वर्यका भागी होता है

Transliteration

prauṣṭhapadaṃ tu yo māsam ekāhāro bhaven naraḥ | gavādyaṃ sphītam acalam aiśvaryaṃ pratipadyate ||

Translation

Aṅgirā berkata: Sesiapa yang pada bulan Prauṣṭhapada (Bhādrapada) hidup dengan hanya satu kali makan sehari akan memperoleh kemakmuran yang teguh dan berkembang—bermula dengan kekayaan ternakan, khususnya lembu—serta memiliki tuah kebesaran yang tidak tergoyahkan.

Word by Word

प्रौष्ठपदम्the month Proṣṭhapada (Bhādrapada)

तुbut/indeed

यःwho

मासम्for (the duration of) a month

एकाहारःone-meal (having one meal a day)

भवेत्would be / should be

नरःa man

गवाद्यम्cattle and the like (livestock etc.)

स्फीतम्abundant, prosperous

अचलम्unshakable, stable

ऐश्वर्यम्lordship, wealth, prosperity

प्रतिपद्यतेattains, obtains

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

Aṅgirā (Angirasa)

Prauṣṭhapada/Bhādrapada (month)

cattle (go)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Practicing disciplined moderation—specifically eating once daily during the month of Prauṣṭhapada/Bhādrapada—is presented as a dharmic observance that yields stable, flourishing prosperity, symbolized by cattle-wealth and enduring aiśvarya.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on vows and their fruits, the sage Aṅgirā states the benefit of a month-long ekāhāra observance in Prauṣṭhapada: the practitioner gains abundant and steady prosperity.