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

Aṅgiras nói: “Được đưa đi trên cỗ xa giá thiên giới kéo bởi sư tử và hổ, người ấy lên cõi trời và hoan hưởng nơi đó suốt bảy vạn năm.”

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.