Shloka 51
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
Devanagari script
सिंहव्याप्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति । सप्ततिं च सहस््राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते
Transliteration
siṁhavyāpraprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati | saptatiṁ ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṁ divi modate ||
Translation
सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति। सप्ततिं च सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते॥
Word by Word
सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेनby a (vehicle) yoked with lions and tigers
सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसिंह-व्याघ्र-प्रयुक्त
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
विमानेनby an aerial car/chariot
विमानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविमान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गच्छतिgoes/proceeds
गच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular
सप्ततिम्seventy
सप्ततिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
वर्षाणाम्of years
वर्षाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
दिविin heaven
दिवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
मोदतेrejoices/enjoys
मोदते:
TypeVerb
Rootमुद्
FormPresent (Lat), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
Speaker
अंगियरा उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
Aṅgirā (speaker)V
vimāna (celestial chariot)S
siṁha (lion)V
vyāghra (tiger)D
divaḥ/divi (heaven)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.