Shloka 8
अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः
Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan
अंगिरा उवाच यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्ण दद्याद् दीपं करञ्जके । सुवर्चलामूलहस्त: प्रजा तस्य विवर्धते
aṅgirā uvāca | yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ dadyād dīpaṃ karañjake | suvarcalāmūlahastaḥ prajā tasya vivardhate ||
अंगिरा ने कहा—जो पूरे एक वर्ष तक करंज वृक्ष के नीचे दीपदान करे और हाथ में सुवर्चला (औषधि) की जड़ धारण करे, उसकी संतान बढ़ती है।
अंगिरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained, disciplined giving (a lamp-offering maintained for a full year) combined with a prescribed observance is presented as dharmically fruitful, yielding household prosperity—specifically, the increase of progeny.
In a didactic section of the Anuśāsana Parva, the sage Aṅgirā states a specific merit-result teaching: performing a year-long lamp donation beneath a karañja tree while holding the root of the herb suvarcalā leads to the growth of one’s lineage.