Shloka 47

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

पक्षे पक्षे गते राजन्‌ यो5श्रीयाद्‌ वर्षमेव तु

Transliteration

pakṣe pakṣe gate rājan yo 'śrīyād varṣam eva tu

Translation

అంగిరసుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ రాజా! ప్రతి పక్షం (పదిహేను రోజులు) గడిచేకొద్దీ—అలా ఒక సంవత్సరం అంతా—శ్రీ-సంపద తగ్గుతూ పోయేవాడు, కాలక్రమంలో నెమ్మదిగా పతనమవుతున్నాడని గ్రహించాలి.

Word by Word

• पक्षे: in a fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पक्षे: in (each) fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गते: when (it) has passed / after (it) has gone
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्रीयात्: should resort to / should take refuge in / should depend on
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• वर्षम्: a year
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed / just / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तु: but / however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• King (Rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how fortune and well-being can erode gradually over time; ethical vigilance and right conduct are implied as necessary to prevent a steady decline in prosperity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras addresses a king and describes a pattern of diminishing prosperity measured by the passing of fortnights across a year, setting up a moral or diagnostic observation about a ruler’s condition.