Shloka 109
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
षड्विंशे दिवसे यस्तु प्रकुयदिकभोजनम्
ṣaḍviṃśe divase yas tu prakūyādika-bhojanam | sa lagātāra bāraha māsān manasendriyāṇi saṃyamya mitāhārī bhūtvā ṣaḍviṃśe divase ekavāraṃ bhuṅkte | vītarāgo jitendriyaś ca san pratidinam agnau āhutiṃ juhoti | sa mahābhāgo manuṣya apsarobhiḥ pūjitaḥ sapta-marudgaṇānāṃ ca aṣṭa-vasūnāṃ ca lokeṣu gacchati ||
毗湿摩说道：“那人在第二十六日仅食一餐（循戒而行之后），并连续十二个月制御其心与诸根，饮食有度；离贪著，能自制，每日向圣火阿耆尼（Agni）献供——如此有福之人，受阿普萨拉斯（Apsaras）礼敬，得至七众摩鲁特（Maruts）与八位婆苏（Vasus）之天界。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained discipline—moderate eating, restraint of mind and senses, dispassion, and daily fire-offerings—produces spiritual merit that culminates in exalted heavenly attainments.
Bhīṣma continues his instruction on vows and austerities, describing a specific long-term regimen (twelve months of restraint with a single meal on the twenty-sixth day) and the celestial reward: being honored by Apsarases and reaching the realms associated with the Maruts and the Vasus.