Shloka 30
चतुर्थे वाजपेयस्य पठ्चमे द्विगुणं फलम् । उदितादित्यसंकाशं ज्वलन्तमनलोपमम्
caturthe vājapeyasya pañcame dviguṇaṁ phalam | uditādityasaṅkāśaṁ jvalantam analopamam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “In the fourth stage of the Vājapeya sacrifice, and in the fifth, the reward becomes doubled—appearing like the newly risen sun, blazing, comparable to fire.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring ethic that actions—especially ritually sanctioned, dharma-aligned acts—bear proportionate results (phala). Here, the merit is portrayed as increasing (even doubling) with successive stages, and its radiance symbolizes the palpable, luminous nature of earned spiritual reward.
Vaiśampāyana is describing the escalating fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice across its stages, characterizing that reward as brilliantly radiant—like the rising sun and like blazing fire—thereby emphasizing the magnitude and splendor of the resulting merit within the Svargārohaṇa (ascent to heaven) context.