Shloka 63
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
पताकादीपिकाकीर्णे दिव्यघण्टानिनादिते । स्त्रीसहस्रानुचरिते स नर: सुखमेधते
aṅgirā uvāca |
patākādīpikākīrṇe divyaghaṇṭāninādite |
strīsahasrānucarite sa naraḥ sukham edhate ||
கொடிகளும் விளக்குகளும் நிறைந்த, தெய்வ மணி ஒலியால் முழங்கும், ஆயிரம் பெண்கள் சூழ்ந்த அந்த தெய்வ விமானத்தில் அமர்ந்து அவன் பேரின்பத்தில் செழிக்கிறான்।
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.