Shloka 57
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
स गत्वा स्त्रीशताकीर्णे रमते भरतर्षभ
sa gatvā strī-śatākīrṇe ramate bharatarṣabha | bharataśreṣṭha! sa svargaṁ gatvā śataśo ramaṇībhiḥ paripūrṇe prāsāde ramate | asmin loke durbalaṁ manuṣyaṁ hṛṣṭa-puṣṭaṁ bhūtaṁ dṛṣṭam | yasya vraṇo jātaḥ tasya vraṇo 'pi rūḍhaḥ bhavati | rogī roga-nivṛtty-arthaṁ auṣadha-samūhaṁ prāpnoti | krodha-pūrṇaṁ puruṣaṁ prasādayituṁ upāyo 'pi labhyate | artha-māna-kṛte duḥkhita-puruṣasya duḥkha-nivṛttiś ca dṛśyate | kintu svarga-kāṅkṣiṇaṁ divya-sukha-kāṅkṣiṇaṁ puruṣaṁ etāni iha-loka-sukhāni na rocante |
アンギラーは言った。「婆羅多の雄牛よ、婆羅多の最勝者よ—彼は天界に至り、百人の女たちで満ちた宮殿において歓楽に耽る。この世においても、人は見る。弱き者が朗らかに健やかとなるのを。負わされた傷が癒えるのを。病む者が病を除くための薬の群れを得るのを。怒りに満ちた男を宥める手立てがあるのを。財と名誉のために苦しむ者の憂いが取り除かれるのを。されど、天を希い、神聖なる歓喜を求める者にとっては、この世の快楽を語る言葉など、心を惹くものではない。」
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts ordinary worldly consolations (healing, medicine, appeasing anger, relief from distress over wealth and honor) with the mindset of one intent on heaven: for a person whose aim is divine happiness, merely worldly pleasures and remedies feel insufficient and unappealing.
Aṅgirā addresses a Bharata prince/king and describes the reward of reaching heaven—enjoyment in a palace filled with many women—then argues that although this world offers many forms of relief and pleasure, a person yearning for svarga and divine bliss does not value such worldly talk.