Shloka 23
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
चैत्र तु नियतो मासमेकभक्तेन यः क्षिपेत् । सुवर्णमणिमुक्ताढ्ये कुले महति जायते,जो नियमपूर्वक रहकर चैत्रमासको एक समय भोजन करके बिताता है, वह सुवर्ण, मणि और मोतियोंसे सम्पन्न महान् कुलमें जन्म लेता है
caitraṁ tu niyato māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣipet | suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye kule mahati jāyate ||
安吉罗说道：凡守持戒律，于迦伊特罗月（Caitra）一日一食而度其月者，据说将生于显赫大族，家资充盈，黄金、宝石与珍珠俱足。
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined restraint—specifically living through the month of Caitra on a single daily meal (ekabhakta)—is a dharmic observance whose karmic fruit is an auspicious rebirth in a prosperous and eminent family.
Aṅgirā is enumerating the results (phala) of particular vows and austerities. Here he states the merit gained by observing a regulated one-meal practice during Caitra, linking ethical self-control with favorable worldly outcomes.