मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
सप्तविंशेडथ दिवसे य: कुयदिकभोजनम्,जो बारह महीनोंतक प्रतिदिन अग्निहोत्र करता हुआ हर सत्ताईसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, वह प्रचुर फलका भागी होता और देवलोकमें सम्मान पाता है
saptaviṁśe ’tha divase yaḥ kuryād ekabhajanam, yo dvādaśa māsān yāvat pratidinam agnihotraṁ kurvan harasaptaviṁśe dine ekavāraṁ bhuṅkte, sa pracuraphalabhāgī bhavati devaloke ca sammānaṁ prāpnoti.
毗湿摩说道:“若有人修持:每逢第二十七日方食一次;并于十二个月中日日行阿耆尼火供(Agnihotra),且仅在那第二十七日受食一次——此人将得丰厚功德,在天界受尊崇。”
भीष्म उवाच
Sustained self-restraint joined with faithful daily ritual (Agnihotra) is presented as a powerful dharmic discipline that yields abundant spiritual merit and an honored posthumous destiny.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and vows, he describes a specific observance: for a full year one performs Agnihotra every day while restricting food to a single meal taken only once every twenty-seven days, and he states the heavenly reward for such austerity.