Shloka 16
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
एकरात्रान्तराशित्वमेककालिक भोजनम् । चतुर्थाष्टमकालश्नल पषछ्ठकालिक एव च
ekarātrāntarāśitvam ekakālikabhojanam | caturthāṣṭamakālaśnala ṣaṣṭhakālika eva ca ||
Sinabi ni Vasiṣṭha: “Mahigpit niyang pinamamahalaan ang pagkain—kung minsan ay kumakain lamang matapos ang pagitan ng isang gabi; kung minsan ay minsan lang sa isang buong araw at gabi; at kung minsan ay kumakain sa takdang bahagi ng araw, gaya ng ikaapat, ikaanim, o ikawalong pagbabantay.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tapas through disciplined eating: regulating when one eats (after an interval, once per day-night, or at specific watches) as a practical method for cultivating self-mastery and ethical steadiness.
Vasiṣṭha is describing forms of ascetic dietary observance—different schedules of taking food—within a broader instruction on disciplined conduct and restraint.