Shloka 463

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

पजञ्चाशतं सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते । वह हंस और सारसोंसे जुते हुए विमानद्वारा जाता है और पचास हजार वर्षोतक स्वर्गलोकमें सुख भोगता है

Transliteration

pañcāśataṃ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate |

Translation

Aṅgiras dit : «Pendant cinquante mille ans, il se réjouit au ciel.» Il s’en va dans un vimāna attelé de hamsas et de sārasa, et là il jouit du bonheur du monde céleste durant cinquante mille ans.

Word by Word

• पञ्चाशतं: fifty
• पञ्चाशतं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मोदते: rejoices/enjoys
• मोदते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches karmic recompense: dharmic merit results in heavenly reward, expressed here as a long duration of joy in Svarga.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras is describing the फल (result) of a virtuous act: the beneficiary attains heaven and enjoys there for fifty thousand years.