Shloka 383
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते । इतना ही नहीं
tatkṣayād iha cāgamya māhātmyaṃ pratipadyate |
तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते। तप्तकाञ्चनसंकाशः कान्तिमान् विमानमारुह्य सहस्रवर्षं ब्रह्मलोके सम्मानितो वसति; पुण्यक्षये तु लोकमिमं प्राप्य महत्त्वं स्थानं च लभते॥
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.