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 |
ອັງຄິຣາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ້ ຜູ້ເປັນດັ່ງງົວຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນວົງພັນບາຣະຕະ, ໂອ້ ຜູ້ດີເລີດໃນບາຣະຕະ—ເມື່ອເຂົາໄປຮອດສະຫວັນ ເຂົາຊື່ນບານໃນວິມານທີ່ແອດແນ້ນດ້ວຍນາງຟ້າຫຼາຍຮ້ອຍ. ໃນໂລກນີ້ ຍັງເຫັນຄົນອ່ອນແອກາຍເປັນຮ່າເຮີງແລະແຂງແຮງ; ແຜທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນກໍຫາຍດີ; ຄົນເຈັບໄດ້ຮັບຢາຫຼາຍຢ່າງເພື່ອລົບລ້າງໂລກ; ມີວິທີປະໂລມໃຈຄົນທີ່ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍໂທສະ; ແລະການບັນເທົາທຸກຂອງຜູ້ທີ່ທຸກເພາະຊັບສິນແລະກຽດສັກສີກໍມີໃຫ້ເຫັນ. ແຕ່ສໍາລັບຜູ້ທີ່ປາຖະໜາສະຫວັນ ແລະປາຖະໜາຄວາມສຸກທິບ, ຄໍາເວົ້າເລື່ອງຄວາມສຸກໂລກີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ບໍ່ເປັນທີ່ພໍໃຈ»។
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.