Fasting
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 22 Feb 2010 15:31 and updated at 22 Feb 2010 15:31
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.3.84.4410 | Fasting there for three nights, one obtaineth, without doubt, all the wishes cherished by him. |
Mbh.3.84.4423 | Fasting for one night there, he obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand kine. |
Mbh.3.84.4580 | Fasting in that tirtha for three days, one is even cleansed from the sin of slaying a Brahmana. |
Mbh.13.107.9740 | Fasting for a whole day and eating only one meal on the second day, he who pours libations upon his sacred fire for the period of a whole year, verily, he who observes such a fast and attends every day to his fire and rises every day from bed before sunrise, attains to the merit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice. |
Mbh.13.107.9747 | Fasting for three days in succession, he who takes only one meal every fourth day, and pours libations every day on his sacred fire, acquires the high merit of the Vajapeya sacrifice. |
Mbh.13.107.9750 | Fasting for four days in succession, he who eats only one meal every fifth day, and pours libations on the sacred fire every day for the period of a whole year, and who lives without cupidity, telling the truth, reverencing the Brahmanas, abstaining from every kind of injury, and avoiding malice and sin, acquires the merit of the Vajapeya sacrifice. |
Mbh.13.107.9754 | Fasting for five days, he who takes food on only the sixth day, and pours libations on his sacred fire every day for a whole year, and who performs three ablutions in course of the day for purifying himself and saying his prayers and doing his worship, and who leads a life of Brahmacharya, divested of malice in his conduct, acquires the merit of the Gomedha sacrifice. |
Mbh.13.107.9759 | Fasting for six days, he who eats only one meal every seventh day and pours libations on the sacred fire every day, for a full year, restraining speech all the while and observing the vow of Brahmacharya, and abstaining from the use of flowers and unguents and honey and meat, attains to the region of the Maruts and of India. |
Mbh.13.128.11089 | Fasting all the while, one should, for three days, with concentrated attention, pour libation, on the sacred fire, of the urine of the cow mixed with cowdung and milk and ghee. |
Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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