Shloka 559
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
भरतश्रेष्ठ! वह स्वर्गमें जाकर सैकड़ों रमणियोंसे भरे हुए महलमें रमण करता है। इस जगतमें दुर्बल मनुष्यको हृष्ट-पुष्ट होते देखा गया है। जिसे घाव हो गया है
bharataśreṣṭha! sa svargaṁ gatvā śataśo ramaṇībhiḥ paripūrṇe mahale ramate. asmin loke durbalo 'pi manuṣyo hṛṣṭa-puṣṭo dṛśyate. yasya vraṇo jātaḥ, tasya vraṇo 'pi rohaṇaṁ gacchati. rogī ca svasyā roga-nivṛtty-arthaṁ auṣadha-samūhaṁ prāpnoti. krodha-pūrṇaṁ puruṣaṁ prasādayituṁ upāyo 'pi labhyate. artha-māna-kṛte duḥkhita-puruṣasya duḥkhānāṁ nivāraṇam api dṛśyate; kintu svarga-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ divya-sukha-kāṅkṣiṇaś ca puruṣasya etāni sarvāṇi iha-loka-sukhāni na rocante.
バーラタ族の最勝者よ！ 彼は天に赴き、数百の麗人に満ちた宮殿にて歓楽を尽くす。この世においてもまた、弱き者が快活にして健やかとなるのが見られ、できた傷も癒え、病む者は病を除くための薬の数々を得、怒りに満ちた男をなだめる術さえ見いだされる。財と名誉のために嘆く者の憂いが取り除かれるのも見られる。されど天を希い、神妙なる安楽を求める者にとっては、これらはただ世の楽しみにすぎず、真に心を惹くものではない。
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly problems often have worldly remedies—health returns, wounds heal, anger can be pacified, and distress over wealth or honor can be relieved. But one who is intent on heaven and divine happiness finds such temporary, this-worldly pleasures insufficient and unappealing, implying a call toward higher aspiration and detachment.
Aṅgiras addresses a Bharata noble and contrasts the enjoyments of heaven (a palace filled with many women) with the ordinary recoveries and consolations available on earth. He then notes that a person yearning for svarga and divine bliss does not value these mundane comforts, framing a moral reflection on priorities and desire.