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Shloka 383

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

तत्क्षयादिह चागम्य माहात्म्यं प्रतिपद्यते । इतना ही नहीं

tatkṣayād iha cāgamya māhātmyaṃ pratipadyate |

Kapag naubos ang kabutihang naipon niya roon, siya’y nagbabalik sa daigdig na ito at nagkakamit ng kadakilaan at marangal na katayuan. Sa salaysay, inilalarawan ang bunga ng isang matuwid na gawa: siya’y nagiging maningning na gaya ng pinadalisay na ginto, sumasakay sa kumikislap na sasakyang panghimpapawid (vimāna), nananahan sa Brahmaloka nang may paggalang sa loob ng isang libong taon; at pagkapos ng bisa ng kabutihan, bumabalik sa buhay-tao upang magtamo ng isang natatanging puwesto. Itinatampok ng talata na ang mabubuting gawa’y nagdudulot ng mataas ngunit may hangganang gantimpala sa langit, at sa huli’y nahihinog bilang dangal at impluwensiya sa mundo.

तत्from that
तत्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
क्षयात्from (the) exhaustion/waning
क्षयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आगम्यhaving come/arrived
आगम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
माहात्म्यम्greatness, eminence
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रतिपद्यतेattains/obtains
प्रतिपद्यते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-पद्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

अंगियरा उवाच

A
Aṅgiras (speaker)
B
Brahmaloka
V
vimāna (aerial car)

Educational Q&A

Meritorious action produces exalted results—radiance, heavenly ascent, and honored residence in Brahmaloka—but those results are finite; when merit is exhausted, one returns and gains worldly eminence. The verse highlights both the power and the impermanence of karmic rewards.

Aṅgiras describes the posthumous फल (result) of a virtuous deed: the doer becomes brilliant, rides a vimāna, lives honored in Brahmaloka for a thousand years, and then, after the merit is spent, returns to this world and attains a significant, respected position.