Shloka 32
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
पक्षे पक्षे गते यस्तु भक्तमश्नाति भारत | गवाढ्यो बहुपुत्रश्न बहुभार्य: स जायते,भरतनन्दन! जो पंद्रह-पंद्रह दिनपयर भोजन करता है, वह गोधनसे सम्पन्न और बहुत-से पुत्र तथा स्त्रियोंसे युक्त होता है
pakṣe pakṣe gate yas tu bhaktam aśnāti bhārata | gavāḍhyo bahuputraś ca bahubhāryaḥ sa jāyate ||
安祇罗说：“噫，婆罗多！若有人每半月仅食一餐（即十五日后方食），则来世将具足丰厚的牛畜之富，多子之庆，并得多妻之福。”
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that rigorous restraint in eating—taking food only once per fortnight—is a form of tapas whose karmic fruit is described as prosperity (especially cattle), continuity of lineage (many sons), and household abundance (many wives) in a future birth.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, the sage Aṅgiras addresses “Bhārata” and enumerates the specific rewards (phala) associated with a particular austerity/vow concerning meal frequency.