Shloka 28
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
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
prauṣṭhapadaṃ tu yo māsam ekāhāro bhaven naraḥ | gavādyaṃ sphītam acalam aiśvaryaṃ pratipadyate ||
Disse Aṅgirā: O homem que, durante o mês de Prauṣṭhapada (Bhādrapada), vive com apenas uma refeição diária alcança uma prosperidade estável e florescente—começando pela abundância de riqueza em gado, sobretudo bovino—e passa a possuir uma fortuna senhorial inabalável.
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.