Shloka 47

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

पक्षे पक्षे गते राजन्‌ यो5श्रीयाद्‌ वर्षमेव तु

Transliteration

pakṣe pakṣe gate rājan yo 'śrīyād varṣam eva tu

Translation

Aṅgiras said: “O King, one whose prosperity diminishes with each passing fortnight—indeed, over the course of a year—should be understood as steadily declining through time.”

Word by Word

• पक्षे: in a fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पक्षे: in (each) fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गते: when (it) has passed / after (it) has gone
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्रीयात्: should resort to / should take refuge in / should depend on
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• वर्षम्: a year
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed / just / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तु: but / however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• King (Rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how fortune and well-being can erode gradually over time; ethical vigilance and right conduct are implied as necessary to prevent a steady decline in prosperity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras addresses a king and describes a pattern of diminishing prosperity measured by the passing of fortnights across a year, setting up a moral or diagnostic observation about a ruler’s condition.