Shloka 69
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
परम बुद्धिमान् विश्वामित्रजी एक हजार दिव्य वर्षोंतक प्रतिदिन एक समय भोजन करके भूखका कष्ट सहते हुए तपमें लगे रहे। उससे उन्हें ब्राह्मणत्वकी प्राप्ति हुई ।।
parama-buddhimān viśvāmitraḥ sahasraṁ divya-varṣāṇi pratidinam eka-kāla-bhojī bhūksā-kleśaṁ sahamānas tapasi rato 'bhavat; tena tasya brāhmaṇatva-prāptiḥ. cyavano jamadagniś ca vasiṣṭho gautamo bhṛguḥ; sarva eva kṣamāvanto maharṣaya upavāsenaiva divam prāptāḥ.
安吉罗萨说道：至智的毗湿瓦密多行苦行一千天界之年，每日仅食一次，忍受饥饿之苦；凭此修持，他获得了婆罗门的地位。同样，恰瓦那、阇摩达格尼、婆悉吒、瞿昙与婆利古等大圣仙——性情忍耐宽恕——也以斋戒、禁食与自制而到达天界诸世界。
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Endurance (kṣamā) and disciplined austerity (tapas), especially restraint in eating and fasting, are presented as powerful ethical-spiritual practices that can transform one’s status and lead to higher attainments.
Aṅgiras cites Viśvāmitra’s long austerity—eating once daily for a thousand divine years—to explain his attainment of brāhmaṇa status, and then lists other renowned sages who reached heavenly realms through fasting and forbearance.