मध्यमाः स्वर्गमार्गं च दिव्यान्भोगान्मनोरमान् । अप्सरोभिः समं क्रीडां यज्ञाद्यैः कर्मभिः कृताम्
madhyamāḥ svargamārgaṃ ca divyānbhogānmanoramān | apsarobhiḥ samaṃ krīḍāṃ yajñādyaiḥ karmabhiḥ kṛtām
મધ્યમ જન સ્વર્ગમાર્ગ અને મનોહર દિવ્ય ભોગો ઇચ્છે છે—યજ્ઞાદિ કર્મોથી પ્રાપ્ત—અને અપ્સરાઓ સાથે ક્રીડાની પણ કામના કરે છે.
Ṛṣayaḥ (continuing their statement/contextual framing)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A ritualist performs yajña with blazing fire and offerings; above, a vision of svarga unfolds—celestial gardens, jeweled pavilions, and apsarases dancing—depicting the madhyama’s desired fruit as wondrous yet sensuous.
Ritual merit (karma) can lead to svarga and refined pleasures, yet it is a middling aim compared to liberation.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general teaching within the chapter’s sacred-geography narrative.
Yajña and related ritual actions (yajñādyaiḥ karmabhiḥ) are indicated as the means to attain heavenly results.
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