Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तृतीयं पारणं प्राप्प द्वादशाहफलं लभेत्‌ । वसत्यमरसंकाशो वर्षाण्ययुतशो दिवि,तीसरा पारण पूरा करनेपर मनुष्य द्वादशाहयज्ञका फल पाता है और देवताओंके तुल्य तेजस्वी होकर हजारों वर्षोतक स्वर्गलोकमें निवास करता है

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ pāraṇaṃ prāpya dvādaśāhaphalaṃ labhet | vasaty amarasaṅkāśo varṣāṇy ayutaśo divi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Having completed the third observance (pāraṇa), a person gains the merit equal to that of a twelve-day sacrificial rite. Radiant like the immortals, he dwells in heaven for tens of thousands of years.”

Word by Word

तृतीयम्the third

पारणम्fast-breaking (parana)

प्राप्यhaving obtained / on attaining

द्वादशाहफलम्the fruit of the twelve-day rite

लभेत्would obtain

वसतिdwells

अमरसंकाशःhaving the splendor/appearance of the immortals (gods)

वर्षाणिyears

अयुतशःby tens of thousands / in myriads

दिविin heaven

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

heaven (divi)

the immortals/gods (amarāḥ)

Dvādāśāha sacrifice (dvādaśāha)

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?

The verse teaches that disciplined completion of religious observances (pāraṇa) yields merit comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, emphasizing the ethical power of self-restraint and faithful fulfillment of vows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the spiritual results of successive completed observances; here he states the reward for completing the third pāraṇa—attaining the fruit of a twelve-day sacrifice and long residence in heaven with godlike radiance.