Shloka 38

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच उपवासतव्रतैर्दान्ता हाहिंस्रा: सत्यवादिन: । संसिद्धा: प्रेत्य गन्धर्वै: सह मोदन्त्यनामया:,श्रीमहेश्वरने कहा--जो उपवास व्रतसे सम्पन्न, जितेन्द्रिय, हिंसारहित और सत्यवादी होकर सिद्धिको प्राप्त हो चुके हैं, वे मृत्युके पश्चात्‌ रोग-शोकसे रहित हो गन्धर्वोके साथ रहकर आनन्द भोगते हैं

Transliteration

śrīmaheśvara uvāca: upavāsata-vrataiḥ dāntā ahiṃsrāḥ satyavādinaḥ | saṃsiddhāḥ pretya gandharvaiḥ saha modanty anāmayāḥ ||

Translation

Śrī Maheśvara sprach: „Diejenigen, die durch Fastengelübde vollendet sind—selbstbezähmt, gewaltlos und wahrhaftig im Wort—und die geistige Vollendung erlangt haben, freuen sich nach dem Tod in einem Zustand ohne Krankheit und Kummer und weilen in der Gemeinschaft der Gandharvas.“

Word by Word

• {'śrīmaheśvara uvāca': 'Śrī Maheśvara said', 'upavāsa': 'fasting

• religious abstinence', 'vrata': 'vow

• disciplined observance', 'upavāsata-vrataiḥ': 'by/through vows consisting of fasting', 'dānta': 'self-controlled

• sense-restrained', 'ahiṃsra (ahiṃsā)': 'non-violent

• abstaining from harm', 'satyavādin': 'truth-speaker

• one who speaks truth', 'saṃsiddha': 'fully accomplished

• perfected (in practice)', 'pretya': 'after death

• having departed this life', 'gandharva': 'celestial musician

• a class of heavenly beings', 'saha': 'together with', 'modanti': 'they rejoice

• they delight', 'anāmaya': 'free from disease

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara
• Gandharvas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical discipline—fasting as a vow, self-control, non-violence, and truthfulness—leads to spiritual perfection and a blessed posthumous state characterized by freedom from affliction and joyful heavenly companionship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara is describing the फल (result) of certain dharmic observances: those who practice fasting-vows with restraint, ahiṃsā, and satya are said to attain a heavenly enjoyment after death among the Gandharvas, without disease or sorrow.