Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 51

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

सिंहव्याप्रप्रयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति । सप्ततिं च सहस््राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते

Transliteration

siṁhavyāpraprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati | saptatiṁ ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṁ divi modate ||

Translation

Wika ni Aṅgiras: “Sakay ng isang sasakyang makalangit na hinihila ng mga leon at tigre, siya’y umaalis patungong langit at nagagalak doon sa loob ng pitumpung libong taon.”

Word by Word

• सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन: by a (vehicle) yoked with lions and tigers
• सिंहव्याघ्रप्रयुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह-व्याघ्र-प्रयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विमानेन: by an aerial car/chariot
• विमानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• गच्छति: goes/proceeds
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular

• सप्ततिम्: seventy
• सप्ततिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मोदते: rejoices/enjoys
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgirā (speaker)
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• siṁha (lion)
• vyāghra (tiger)
• divaḥ/divi (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.