Shloka 383

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते । इतना ही नहीं

Transliteration

tatkṣayād iha cāgamya māhātmyaṃ pratipadyate |

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ଅର୍ଜିତ ପୁଣ୍ୟ କ୍ଷୟ ହେଲେ ସେ ପୁନର୍ବାର ଏହି ଲୋକକୁ ଆସି ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱ ଓ ସମ୍ମାନିତ ସ୍ଥାନ ପାଏ। ତଦୁପରି, ତପ୍ତ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସଦୃଶ କାନ୍ତିମାନ ହୋଇ ବିମାନରେ ଆରୋହଣ କରି ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଏକ ହଜାର ବର୍ଷ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଲୋକରେ ସମ୍ମାନପୂର୍ବକ ବସେ; ପୁଣ୍ୟ ଶେଷ ହେଲେ ଏହି ଲୋକକୁ ଫେରି ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସ୍ଥାନ ଲଭେ।

Word by Word

• तत्: from that
• तत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• क्षयात्: from (the) exhaustion/waning
• क्षयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आगम्य: having come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, eminence
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिपद्यते: attains/obtains
• प्रतिपद्यते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पद्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras (speaker)
• Brahmaloka
• vimāna (aerial car)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Meritorious action produces exalted results—radiance, heavenly ascent, and honored residence in Brahmaloka—but those results are finite; when merit is exhausted, one returns and gains worldly eminence. The verse highlights both the power and the impermanence of karmic rewards.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras describes the posthumous फल (result) of a virtuous deed: the doer becomes brilliant, rides a vimāna, lives honored in Brahmaloka for a thousand years, and then, after the merit is spent, returns to this world and attains a significant, respected position.