Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 106
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उपवासविधौ षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi upavāsavidhau ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိ မဟာဘာရတ အတွင်း၊ အနုသာသနပရဝ (Anuśāsana Parvan) တွင်—အထူးသဖြင့် ဒါနဓမ္မနှင့် ကုသိုလ်ဓမ္မ အပိုင်း၌—ဥပဝါသ (အစာရှောင်ခြင်း) ၏ စည်းကမ်းနှင့် နည်းလမ်းမှန်ကန်မှုကို ဖော်ပြသော အခန်းတစ်ရာခြောက်ကို အဆုံးသတ်လေ၏။
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose theme is upavāsa-vidhi—ethical and ritual discipline around fasting—situated within the broader instruction on dāna-dharma (the moral law of giving). It frames fasting as a regulated practice within dharma rather than mere self-denial.
The verse functions as a formal closing statement: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parvan), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parvan), and the chapter topic (rules of fasting), and then declares the chapter number as completed.