Shloka 65
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
चतुर्दशे तु दिवसे यः पूर्णे प्राशते हवि: । सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु महामेधफलं लभेत्
caturdaśe tu divase yaḥ pūrṇe prāśate haviḥ | sadā dvādaśamāsāṁs tu mahāmedhaphalaṁ labhet ||
بھیشم نے کہا—جو شخص پوری چتُردشی کے دن ہَوی (ہویشیہ) تناول کرتا ہے، وہ بارہ مہینوں تک مسلسل اُس عظیم یَجْن کے برابر ثواب پاتا ہے جسے ‘مہامیدھ’ کہا گیا ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That careful observance of prescribed sacred timing and ritual discipline—here, partaking of the oblation on the fully arrived fourteenth day—yields enduring merit, comparable to the fruit of a major sacrifice, for an extended period (twelve months).
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma and religious observances, he describes a specific rule of ritual practice: consuming the sacrificial oblation at the proper calendrical moment (the completed fourteenth day) grants the practitioner the merit associated with a great yajña for the following year.