Shloka 63

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

पताकादीपिकाकीर्णे दिव्यघण्टानिनादिते । स्त्रीसहस्रानुचरिते स नर: सुखमेधते

Transliteration

aṅgirā uvāca |

patākādīpikākīrṇe divyaghaṇṭāninādite |

strīsahasrānucarite sa naraḥ sukham edhate ||

Translation

Ангира сказал: В той небесной колеснице — усыпанной знаменами и светильниками, звучащей звоном божественных колоколов и сопровождаемой тысячами женщин — такой человек преуспевает в блаженстве. (Такова небесная награда тому, кто принимает обет анaшаны — поста до смерти, оставляя тело силой подвига-тапаса.)

Word by Word

• पताका-दीपिका-कीर्णे: in (a place/vehicle) strewn with flags and lamps
• पताका-दीपिका-कीर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पताका + दीपिका + कीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिव्य-घण्टा-निनादिते: in (a place/vehicle) resounding with divine bells
• दिव्य-घण्टा-निनादिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + घण्टा + निनादित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्त्री-सहस्र-अनुचरिते: in (a place/vehicle) attended by thousands of women
• स्त्री-सहस्र-अनुचरिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्री + सहस्र + अनुचरित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एधते: prospers, thrives
• Type: Verb
• Root: इध् (एध्) / एध्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgirā (speaker)
• patākā (banners)
• dīpikā (lamps)
• divya-ghaṇṭā (divine bells)
• strī-sahasra (thousands of women/attendants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a karmic-ethical claim: rigorous self-restraint culminating in relinquishing the body through a vowed fast (anāśana-vrata, as explained in the surrounding prose) is said to yield exalted heavenly enjoyment—symbolized by a radiant, ornamented, celebratory celestial setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgirā is describing the posthumous state of a practitioner of a severe vow: the person is envisioned as seated in a splendid celestial vehicle, surrounded by lights, banners, and divine sounds, attended by many women, and thereby ‘thriving in happiness’ as the fruit of the vow.