Shloka 46

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति

Transliteration

haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati

Translation

Aṅgiras said: “He proceeds in a celestial chariot yoked with swans and cranes,” indicating an exalted, merit-born passage—an image of righteous reward and elevated destiny rather than mere physical travel.

Word by Word

• हंससारसयुक्तेन: by/with (one) yoked with swans and cranes
• हंससारसयुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंससारसयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car (vimāna)
• विमानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गच्छति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras (speaker)
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• haṃsa (swans)
• sārasa (cranes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the imagery of a divine chariot drawn by auspicious birds to convey that righteous conduct and accumulated merit culminate in an elevated course of life (or post-life), marked by honor, purity, and a higher destination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras describes the mode of travel/attainment of a certain person: he goes in a splendid vimāna harnessed with swans and cranes, a conventional epic sign of celestial favor and the fruition of virtue.