Shloka 1
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें उपवासविधिविषयक एक सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ १०६ ॥/ ऑपन-माज बछ। अफि्-छऋाज सप्ताधिकशततमो< ध्याय: दरिद्रोंके लिये यज्ञतुल्य फल देनेवाले उपवास-व्रत और उसके फलका विस्तारपूर्वक वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच पितामहेन विधिवद् यज्ञा: प्रोक्ता महात्मना । गुणाश्रैषां यथातथ्यं प्रेत्य चेह च सर्वश:
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pitāmahenā vidhivad yajñāḥ proktā mahātmanā | guṇāś ca eṣāṃ yathātathyaṃ pretya ceha ca sarvaśaḥ ||
Юдхиштхира сказал: «О Дед, великий духом изложил жертвоприношения по должному обряду и в надлежащем порядке и также, как они есть, разъяснил все их достоинства — и в этом мире, и после смерти».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
That ritual acts (yajñas) must be understood in terms of their properly performed procedure and their full range of results—ethical and spiritual—extending to both worldly welfare and posthumous (afterlife) merit.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma (the Grandsire), acknowledging that Bhīṣma has already explained sacrifices and their benefits, and he frames the discussion that follows—within the Dana-dharma section—toward practices like vows/fasting and their fruits.