Shloka 20
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
उत्सवादुत्सवं यान्ति स्वर्गात् स्वर्गं सुखात् सुखम् ।
श्रद्धधानाश्च शान्ताश्च धनदाः शुभकारिणः ॥
utsavādutsavaṃ yānti svargāt svargaṃ sukhāt sukham / śraddhadhānāśca śāntāśca dhanadāḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ
അവർ ഉത്സവത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉത്സവത്തിലേക്ക്, സ്വർഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക്, സുഖത്തിൽ നിന്ന് സുഖത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു—ശ്രദ്ധയുള്ളവർ, ശാന്തർ, ധനദാനികൾ, പുണ്യകർമ്മകർതാക്കൾ।
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FAQs
Merit is portrayed as self-reinforcing: faith, calmness, charity, and beneficence generate uplifting social and post-mortem outcomes, experienced as repeated joy and higher states.
Didactic Dharma material (ethical instruction). It supports Purāṇic aims but is not a primary Pancalakṣaṇa segment.
‘From happiness to happiness’ can be read as a refinement of inner disposition: sattva cultivated through śraddhā and dāna creates a momentum that carries the mind to subtler, brighter loka-experiences.