Shloka 16

Devanagari script

शय्यासनानि यानानि योगयुक्ते तपोधने । अन्निप्रवेशे नियतं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते,“योगयुक्त तपोधनको शय्या, आसन और वाहन प्राप्त होते हैं। नियमपूर्वक अग्निमें प्रवेश कर जानेपर जीवको ब्रह्मलोकमें सम्मान प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

śayyāsanāni yānāni yogayukte tapodhane |

agnipraveśe niyataṁ brahmaloke mahīyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “For the ascetic rich in austerity and disciplined in yoga, there arise the comforts of bed and seat, and even conveyances. And when, with due observance, one enters the sacred fire (as a vowed act), the embodied being is honored in Brahmaloka—held in high esteem in the world of Brahmā.”

Word by Word

शय्यासनानिbeds and seats

यानानिvehicles

योगयुक्तेin/for one devoted to yoga

तपोधनेin/for the ascetic (whose wealth is austerity)

अग्निप्रवेशेupon/at entering the fire

नियतंcertainly; regularly; with restraint

ब्रह्मलोकेin Brahmaloka

महीयतेis honored; is esteemed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brahmaloka

Agni (fire, implied by agnipraveśa)

śayyā (bed)

āsana (seat)

yāna (vehicle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined yoga and austerity are presented as sources of both worldly supports (comforts and conveyances) and higher posthumous honor; when a severe act like agnipraveśa is undertaken with proper restraint and rule, it is framed as yielding exalted status in Brahmaloka.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instructional context, the text lists the fruits of yogic discipline and tapas, culminating in the claim that duly performed agnipraveśa leads to being honored in Brahmā’s realm.