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 ||
சிங்கங்களும் புலிகளும் இழுக்கும் தெய்வ விமானத்தில் அவன் சொர்க்கம் செல்கிறான்; அங்கே எழுபதாயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் இன்புறுகிறான்.
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.