Shloka 27

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

श्रावणं नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन य: क्षिपेत्‌ यत्र तत्राभिषेकेण युज्यते ज्ञातिवर्धन:

Transliteration

śrāvaṇaṁ niyato māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet | yatra tatrābhiṣekeṇa yujyate jñātivardhanaḥ ||

Translation

Người nào giữ tâm và các giác quan trong khuôn phép, trải qua tháng Śrāvaṇa chỉ ăn một bữa mỗi ngày, sẽ được công đức tương đương việc tắm gội ở nhiều bến thiêng, và trở thành người làm tăng trưởng phồn thịnh cho chính thân tộc của mình.

Word by Word

• श्रावणम्: the month of Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (मास-नाम)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नियतः: disciplined, restrained
• नियतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मासम्: month (as a period)
• मासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकभक्तेन: with once-a-day eating (single meal)
• एकभक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकभक्त (एक + भक्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिपेत्: should spend/pass (time)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अभिषेकेण: by (holy) bathing/ablution
• अभिषेकेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युज्यते: is endowed/connected (with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• ज्ञातिवर्धनः: increasing (one’s) kinsmen/family
• ज्ञातिवर्धनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञातिवर्धन (ज्ञाति + वर्धन)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras (speaker)
• Śrāvaṇa month
• Abhiṣeka (sacred bathing)
• Tīrthas (implied: sacred pilgrimage bathing places)
• Jñātis (kinsmen/relatives)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined observance—especially self-restraint of mind and senses and eating only once daily during the month of Śrāvaṇa—yields great religious merit comparable to extensive pilgrimage bathing, and it supports the flourishing of one’s family and kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras is describing the fruit (phala) of a specific monthly vow: spending Śrāvaṇa in regulated conduct with ekabhakta. The verse frames the practice as an accessible substitute for traveling to many tīrthas, emphasizing ethical self-control and social benefit (increase of one’s jñātis).