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Shloka 57

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

स गत्वा स्त्रीशताकीर्णे रमते भरतर्षभ

sa gatvā strī-śatākīrṇe ramate bharatarṣabha | bharataśreṣṭha! sa svargaṁ gatvā śataśo ramaṇībhiḥ paripūrṇe prāsāde ramate | asmin loke durbalaṁ manuṣyaṁ hṛṣṭa-puṣṭaṁ bhūtaṁ dṛṣṭam | yasya vraṇo jātaḥ tasya vraṇo 'pi rūḍhaḥ bhavati | rogī roga-nivṛtty-arthaṁ auṣadha-samūhaṁ prāpnoti | krodha-pūrṇaṁ puruṣaṁ prasādayituṁ upāyo 'pi labhyate | artha-māna-kṛte duḥkhita-puruṣasya duḥkha-nivṛttiś ca dṛśyate | kintu svarga-kāṅkṣiṇaṁ divya-sukha-kāṅkṣiṇaṁ puruṣaṁ etāni iha-loka-sukhāni na rocante |

قال أنْغيرا: «يا ثورَ آلِ بهاراتا، يا خيرَ بهاراتا—إذا بلغ السماء تلذّذ في قصرٍ مكتظّ بمئات النساء. وفي هذا العالم يُرى الضعيفُ يَغدو مسرورًا قويًّا؛ وتُرى الجراحُ تلتئم بعد أن أُحدثت؛ ويظفر المريضُ بأصنافٍ من الأدوية لرفع علّته؛ وتوجد وسائل لتهدئة الرجل المتورّم غضبًا؛ ويُرى كذلك تفريجُ كرب من يتألّم لأجل المال والجاه. غير أنّ من يشتاق إلى السماء ويروم السعادة الإلهية لا تستميله مثلُ هذه الأحاديث عن لذّات الدنيا.»

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Prior action
स्त्रीशताकीर्णेin (a place) filled with hundreds of women
स्त्रीशताकीर्णे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootस्त्रीशताकीर्ण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रमतेenjoys/sports
रमते:
TypeVerb
Rootरम्
FormLat, Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरतर्षभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरतश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

अंगियरा उवाच

A
Aṅgirā (Angiras)
S
Svarga (heaven)
B
Bharata lineage (address: Bharatarṣabha/Bharataśreṣṭha)

Educational Q&A

The verse contrasts ordinary worldly consolations (healing, medicine, appeasing anger, relief from distress over wealth and honor) with the mindset of one intent on heaven: for a person whose aim is divine happiness, merely worldly pleasures and remedies feel insufficient and unappealing.

Aṅgirā addresses a Bharata prince/king and describes the reward of reaching heaven—enjoyment in a palace filled with many women—then argues that although this world offers many forms of relief and pleasure, a person yearning for svarga and divine bliss does not value such worldly talk.