Shloka 30
चतुर्थे वाजपेयस्य पठ्चमे द्विगुणं फलम् । उदितादित्यसंकाशं ज्वलन्तमनलोपमम्
caturthe vājapeyasya pañcame dviguṇaṁ phalam | uditādityasaṅkāśaṁ jvalantam analopamam ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „In der vierten Stufe entspricht der Lohn dem des Vājapeya-Opfers; in der fünften verdoppelt sich die Frucht — gleich der eben aufgegangenen Sonne, lodernd, dem Feuer vergleichbar.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring ethic that actions—especially ritually sanctioned, dharma-aligned acts—bear proportionate results (phala). Here, the merit is portrayed as increasing (even doubling) with successive stages, and its radiance symbolizes the palpable, luminous nature of earned spiritual reward.
Vaiśampāyana is describing the escalating fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice across its stages, characterizing that reward as brilliantly radiant—like the rising sun and like blazing fire—thereby emphasizing the magnitude and splendor of the resulting merit within the Svargārohaṇa (ascent to heaven) context.