Shloka 4
Yama-vilāpana
The Lamentation Concerning Yama
उपोष्य वासरं विष्णोर्लोकं यांति नृपाज्ञया । सोऽस्माकं हि महान् शत्रुर्भवतां च विशेषतः ॥ ४ ॥
upoṣya vāsaraṃ viṣṇorlokaṃ yāṃti nṛpājñayā | so'smākaṃ hi mahān śatrurbhavatāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ || 4 ||
ഒരു ദിവസം ഉപവസിച്ച് അവർ രാജാജ്ഞപ്രകാരം വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു. അവൻ ഞങ്ങളുടെ മഹാശത്രുവാണ്—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് നിങ്ങളുടേത്।
Unspecified (narrative dialogue voice within Uttara-Bhaga; exact speaker not stated in the provided verse)
Vrata: Upoṣa (one-day fast)
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"raudra","secondary_rasa":"bhayanaka","emotional_journey":"From a terse statement of devotees attaining Vishnu’s world through fasting to hostile alarm—calling the king a ‘great enemy’ of deathly powers."}
FAQs
It states the fruit (phala) of a one-day fast: attainment of Viṣṇu’s realm, highlighting vrata as a direct means to higher spiritual destinations.
By linking upavāsa (fasting) to reaching Viṣṇu-loka, it frames bodily discipline as an offering that supports Viṣṇu-bhakti and produces divine proximity as its result.
Ritual discipline (kalpa-oriented practice) is implied: the regulated observance of a vrata (one-day fast) and its stated phala, rather than grammar or astrology.