Shloka 17
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
नरेश्वर! जो देवताओं, पितरों और आश्रितोंको भोजन करानेके बाद बचे हुए अन्नको ही स्वयं भोजन करता है उसे विघसाशी कहते हैं। उन मनुष्योंको ब्रह्मधाममें अक्षय लोकोंकी प्राप्ति होती है तथा गन्धर्वोंसहित अप्सराएँ उनकी सेवामें उपस्थित होती हैं ।।
nareśvara! yo devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca āśritebhyaś ca bhojanaṃ dattvā paścād avaśiṣṭam annaṃ svayaṃ bhuṅkte sa vighasāśī iti kathyate. teṣāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ brahmadhāmani akṣayalokaprāptir bhavati, gandharvaiḥ saha apsarasaś ca teṣāṃ sevāyāṃ tiṣṭhanti. devatātithibhiḥ sārdhaṃ pitṛbhyaś ca bhāgaṃ dattvā ye svayaṃ bhuñjate, te iha loke putrapautraiḥ saha ramante; mṛtyoḥ paraṃ ca teṣāṃ gatir anuttamā bhavati.
毗湿摩说道：“哦大王，先供养诸天、祖灵（pitṛ）以及依赖自己的人，而后只食其余者，名为‘毗伽娑食者’（vighasāśin）——食余之人。此等之人得至梵界（Brahma-dhāma）中不坏之诸世界，阿普萨罗（天女）与乾闼婆同在其侧，随侍供役。又有那些先为祖灵并同诸天与宾客预留食分，然后方自食者——在此世与子孙同享欢悦，身后则抵达至高无上、无可逾越之境。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Householder dharma is expressed through priority: first offer food to gods, ancestors, guests, and dependents, and only then eat. This self-restraint and generosity are said to yield both worldly well-being (family joy and continuity) and the highest post-mortem attainment.
In Bhishma’s instruction to the king within the Anushasana Parva, he defines the ethical ideal of the vighasāśin and describes the rewards promised for those who distribute food properly—linking daily domestic practice with cosmic merit and ultimate destiny.