Shloka 166
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते । कुरुनन्दन! जो पुरुष भगवान्की आराधनाका इच्छुक होकर पंचमी
upoṣya vyādhir-ahito vīryavān abhijāyate | kurunandana! yo puruṣo bhagavān-ārādhanāyā icchukaḥ san pañcamī-ṣaṣṭhī-aṣṭamī tathā kṛṣṇapakṣasya caturdaśyāṁ svagṛhe brāhmaṇān bhojayati svayaṁ copavāsam ācarati, sa rogarahito balavān bhavati |
Wika ni Aṅgiras: “Sa pag-aayuno, ang tao’y nagiging malaya sa karamdaman at napupuspos ng lakas. O ligaya ng angkan ng Kuru! Ang lalaking nagnanais sumamba sa Panginoon, at sa ikalima, ikaanim, at ikawalong araw ng buwan, gayundin sa ikalabing-apat na araw ng madilim na kalahati (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa), ay nagpapakain ng mga Brahmin sa sarili niyang tahanan at siya mismo’y nag-aayuno—siya’y nagiging malusog at matatag.”
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotional discipline (upavāsa) combined with charitable hospitality (feeding Brāhmaṇas on specified lunar days) is presented as a dharmic practice that yields tangible fruits—freedom from illness and increased strength—linking religious observance with ethical giving and personal self-restraint.
The sage Aṅgiras instructs a Kuru prince (addressed as Kurunandana) about a specific pattern of observances: on certain tithis—pañcamī, ṣaṣṭhī, aṣṭamī, and kṛṣṇapakṣa-caturdaśī—one should host and feed Brahmins at home while personally fasting, as an act of worship toward Bhagavān.