Shloka 9
Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)
हुत्वा शतसहस््र॑ं स सावित्र्या राजसत्तम: । षष्ठे पछ्ठे तदा काले बभूव मितभोजन:,राजाओंमें श्रेष्ठ अश्वपति ब्राह्मणोंके साथ प्रतिदिन गायत्री-मन्त्रसे एक लाख आहुति देकर दिनके छठे भागमें परिमित भोजन करते थे
hutvā śatasahasraṃ sa sāvitrayā rājasattamaḥ | ṣaṣṭhe bhakte tadā kāle babhūva mitabhojanaḥ ||
尤提希提罗说道：阿湿婆波提王，诸王之最，日日与婆罗门同修，以萨维特丽（伽耶特丽）真言献供十万次；并以节制为常，只在既定时刻进食适量——当白昼行至第六分之时方才用餐。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained dharmic practice is shown through two linked disciplines: devotion (regular, large-scale mantra-oblation) and self-control (measured eating at a regulated time). The verse presents ethical kingship as grounded in tapas and restraint rather than indulgence.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes King Aśvapati’s long-standing austerity: he performs daily offerings using the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī mantra—said here to total one hundred thousand—and follows a strict regimen of limited food taken at a fixed division of the day.