Shloka 62

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

बालसूर्यप्रतीकाशे विमाने हेमवर्चसि । वैदूर्यमुक्ताखचिते वीणामुरजनादिते

Transliteration

Aṅgirā uvāca: bāla-sūrya-pratīkāśe vimāne hema-varcasi | vaidūrya-muktā-khacite vīṇā-muraja-nādite ||

Translation

ອັງຄິຣາກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດຮັກສາວຣະຕະອົດອາຫານ (anāśana-vrata) ແລ້ວສະຫຼະກາຍ, ຈະໄດ້ຮັບຜົນອັນສູງສົ່ງ. ເຂົາຖືກນໍາໄປໃນວິມານສະຫວັນ—ສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງຕາເວັນຍາມເຊົ້າ, ມີປະກາຍທອງ, ປະດັບດ້ວຍແກ້ວໄວດູຣະຍະ ແລະໄຂ່ມຸກ, ກ້ອງກັງວານດ້ວຍສຽງວີນາ ແລະກອງມູຣະຈະ, ສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດ້ວຍທຸງ ແລະໂຄມໄຟ, ແລະກ້ອງກັງວານດ້ວຍສຽງລະຄັງທິບ; ທີ່ນັ້ນ ມີອັບສະຣານັບພັນເປັນຄູ່ຄອງ, ເຂົາເສວຍສຸກທິບ»។

Word by Word

• बाल: of the morning (time)
• बाल: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सूर्य: of the sun
• सूर्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रतीकाशे: in/with (something) resembling (it)
• प्रतीकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विमाने: in the aerial car
• विमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हेम: with gold / golden
• हेम: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वर्चसि: in splendor, in radiance
• वर्चसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वैदूर्य: cat's-eye gem (vaidūrya)
• वैदूर्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदूर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मुक्ता: pearls
• मुक्ता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• आखचिते: inlaid, studded
• आखचिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-खच् (धातु) → आखचित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वीणा: with the vīṇā (lute)
• वीणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मुरज: with the mṛdaṅga/muraja drum
• मुरज: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुरज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नादिते: resounding
• नादिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नद् (धातु) → नादित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgirā
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• bāla-sūrya (morning sun)
• vaidūrya (cat’s-eye gem)
• muktā (pearls)
• vīṇā
• muraja (drum)
• apsarases

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage teaches that rigorous religious observance—specifically the vow of fasting culminating in relinquishing the body—is portrayed as generating extraordinary merit, rewarded with radiant, luxurious heavenly enjoyment. Ethically, it frames self-discipline and vow-keeping as powerful means to attain posthumous फल (phala), though the broader tradition also stresses that such acts must be aligned with dharma and right intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sage Aṅgirā describes the फल (result) granted to a person who undertakes an anāśana-vrata and dies thereby: the person is carried in a splendid vimāna, shining like the morning sun, adorned with gems and pearls, filled with celestial music and bell-sounds, and accompanied by apsarases while enjoying divine pleasures.