Shloka 60

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

अत: स कामसंयुक्ते विमाने हेमसंनिभे । रमते स्त्रीशताकीर्णे पुरुषोडलंकृत शुचि:

Transliteration

ataḥ sa kāmasaṁyukte vimāne hemasaṁnibhe | ramate strīśatākīrṇe puruṣo 'laṅkṛtaḥ śuciḥ ||

Translation

ฉะนั้นบุรุษผู้นั้น—ผู้ประดับและบริสุทธิ์แล้ว—ย่อมรื่นรมย์อยู่ในวิมานอันเปี่ยมกามคุณ สุกสว่างดุจทองคำ และแน่นขนัดด้วยสตรีนับร้อย

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore; hence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काम-संयुक्ते: in (a place/vehicle) joined with pleasures
• काम-संयुक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामसंयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विमाने: in an aerial car; celestial chariot
• विमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हेम-संनिभे: in/with (one) resembling gold
• हेम-संनिभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमसंनिभ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रमते: enjoys; sports; delights
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• स्त्री-शत-आकीर्णे: in (one) crowded with hundreds of women
• स्त्री-शत-आकीर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्रीशताकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुरुषः: the man; person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्-अलंकृतः: well-adorned; splendidly decorated
• उद्-अलंकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदलंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure; clean; bright
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras (speaker)
• vimāna (celestial chariot/palace)
• hema (gold)
• striyaḥ (women)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how certain actions yield pleasurable, heaven-like results—luxury, beauty, and sensual enjoyment—yet implicitly invites reflection on the limits of such rewards compared to higher, liberation-oriented goals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras describes a man enjoying the fruits of his merit: he dwells in a golden, desire-laden celestial vimāna, delighting amid many women, portrayed as ornamented and purified by the attained state.