Shloka 35

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

यस्तु प्रातस्तथा सायं भुञ्जानो नान्तरा पिबेत्‌ । अहिंसानिरतो नित्यं जुह्मॉानो जातवेदसम्‌

Transliteration

yastu prātastathā sāyaṃ bhuñjāno nāntarā pibet | ahiṃsā-nirato nityaṃ juhvāno jātavedasam ||

Translation

କିନ୍ତୁ ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ପ୍ରାତଃ ଓ ସାୟଂ ମାତ୍ର ଭୋଜନ କରେ ଏବଂ ମଧ୍ୟରେ କିଛି ମଧ୍ୟ ପାନ କରେ ନାହିଁ; ଯେ ସଦା ଅହିଂସାରେ ନିରତ ରହେ ଏବଂ ନିତ୍ୟ ଜାତବେଦସ୍‌ (ଅଗ୍ନି)ରେ ଆହୁତି ଦିଏ—ସେ ସଂଯମିତ ଧାର୍ମିକ ନିୟମରେ ଜୀବନ ଯାପନ କରେ।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम्

• भुञ्जानः: eating
• भुञ्जानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भुञ्जान (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada (active participle sense)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्तरा: in between/meanwhile
• अन्तरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरा

• पिबेत्: should drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहिंसा-निरतः: devoted to non-violence
• अहिंसा-निरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरत (प्रातिपदिक); उपसर्ग: नि-; आधार: रम्/र (धातु) → निरत; पूर्वपद: अहिंसा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुह्वानः: offering (in fire), sacrificing
• जुह्वानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) → जुह्वान (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada (active participle sense)

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Jātavedas (Agni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse commends a disciplined life combining restraint in consumption (eating only morning and evening, avoiding interim drinking), steadfast non-violence, and regular fire-offerings—presenting dharma as both ethical self-control and faithful daily duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras is describing the conduct of an exemplary practitioner: a person who follows regulated meals, practices ahiṃsā, and maintains the sacrificial fire through oblations to Agni (Jātavedas), as part of a broader instruction on righteous living.