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Upavasa or Fasting (उपवासः) (view source)
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Mahabharata, Shanti Parva, Adhyaya 221
Mahabharata, Shanti Parva, Adhyaya 221
In a discussion about Vrata, Tapa, Upavasa, brahmacharya and Atithiseva, Bhishma says that commoners fast for 15 days of the month and consider it an act of tapas. But that infact is an act of exploiting the body which is a medium of dharmik activities.
मासपक्षोपवासेन मन्यन्ते यत् तपो जनाः । आत्मतन्त्रोपघातस्तु न तपस्तत्सतां मतम् ॥ २२१.४ ॥
Furthermore, he states that the one who eats in the morning and evening alone, and doesnt consume anything in between, such a person is known as a practitioner of Nitya Upavasa.
अन्तरा प्रातराशं च सायमाशं तथैव च । सदोपवासी स भवेद् यो न भुङ्क्तेऽन्तरा पुनः ॥ २२१.१० ॥<ref>Pandit Ramnarayanadatta Shastri Pandey, Mahabharata (Khanda 5-Shantiparva), Gorakhpur: Gita Press.</ref>
== What to be taken and what should not be taken during Upavasa ==
== What to be taken and what should not be taken during Upavasa ==