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

Vì thế, người ấy—đã được trang sức và thanh tịnh—hân hoan trong cỗ xa trời đầy dục lạc, rực sáng như vàng, chen chúc hàng trăm mỹ nữ vây quanh.

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.