Shloka 46

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

हंससारसयुक्तेन विमानेन स गच्छति

Transliteration

haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati

Translation

Aṅgiras nói: “Người ấy tiến đi trên cỗ xe trời kéo bởi thiên nga và sếu,” gợi hình ảnh một cuộc lên đường cao quý do công đức sinh ra, chứ không chỉ là sự di chuyển của thân xác.

Word by Word

• हंससारसयुक्तेन: by/with (one) yoked with swans and cranes
• हंससारसयुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंससारसयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car (vimāna)
• विमानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• गच्छति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras (speaker)
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• haṃsa (swans)
• sārasa (cranes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the imagery of a divine chariot drawn by auspicious birds to convey that righteous conduct and accumulated merit culminate in an elevated course of life (or post-life), marked by honor, purity, and a higher destination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras describes the mode of travel/attainment of a certain person: he goes in a splendid vimāna harnessed with swans and cranes, a conventional epic sign of celestial favor and the fruition of virtue.