Shloka 51
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
सिंहव्याप्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति । सप्ततिं च सहस््राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते
siṁhavyāpraprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati | saptatiṁ ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṁ divi modate ||
सिंह व व्याघ्रांनी जोडलेल्या दिव्य विमानाने तो स्वर्गास जातो आणि तेथे सत्तर हजार वर्षे आनंद भोगतो.
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharmic and meritorious deeds yield tangible results: honour, elevated conveyance, and prolonged enjoyment in heavenly realms. The verse presents svarga as a karmic recompense, reinforcing ethical causality.
Aṅgirā describes the posthumous destiny of a person who has earned great merit: he is taken to heaven in a divine vimāna harnessed with lions and tigers and enjoys celestial happiness for seventy thousand years.