Shloka 82

Devanagari script

अतितात्रस्य यज्ञस्थ फल प्राप्रोति मानव: । प्राप्तुयाच्च क्रतुफलं तथा पर्वणि पर्वणि,ऐसा करनेसे मनुष्यको अतिरात्र यज्ञका फल मिलता है तथा प्रत्येक पर्वकी समाप्तिपर ब्राह्मणकी पूजा करनेसे श्रौत यज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

atirātrasya yajñasthaṁ phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | prāptuyāc ca kratuphalaṁ tathā parvaṇi parvaṇi |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: By performing this, a person attains the merit of the Atirātra sacrifice; and likewise, by honoring Brahmins at the completion of each observance (parvan), one gains the fruit of a Vedic sacrificial rite. The teaching emphasizes that reverence, charity, and proper honoring of the learned can confer spiritual merit comparable to elaborate ritual performance.

Word by Word

अतिरात्रस्यof the Atirātra (sacrifice)

यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice

फलम्fruit/result

प्राप्नोतिattains/obtains

मानवःa man/human

प्राप्तुयात्would attain/should attain

चand

क्रतुफलम्the fruit of a rite (kratu)

तथाlikewise/so

पर्वणिat (each) occasion/period (parvan)

पर्वणिat every parvan (repeated for emphasis: 'each and every')

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Atirātra-yajña

Brāhmaṇas

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?

That sincere acts of reverence and giving—especially honoring Brahmins at the completion of each sacred observance—can yield spiritual merit equivalent to performing major śrauta sacrifices like the Atirātra.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the religious merit (phala) obtained through prescribed conduct: performing certain acts grants the fruit of the Atirātra sacrifice, and repeated honoring of Brahmins at each parvan grants the fruit of Vedic sacrificial rites.