Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 463

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

पजञ्चाशतं सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते । वह हंस और सारसोंसे जुते हुए विमानद्वारा जाता है और पचास हजार वर्षोतक स्वर्गलोकमें सुख भोगता है

Transliteration

pañcāśataṃ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate |

Translation

安吉罗娑说道：“他在天界欢悦五万年。”他乘由天鹅（hamsa）与鹤鸟（sārasa）牵引的天车（vimāna）而往，于彼处享受天界之乐五万年。

Word by Word

• पञ्चाशतं: fifty
• पञ्चाशतं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

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

• मोदते: rejoices/enjoys
• मोदते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches karmic recompense: dharmic merit results in heavenly reward, expressed here as a long duration of joy in Svarga.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṅgiras is describing the फल (result) of a virtuous act: the beneficiary attains heaven and enjoys there for fifty thousand years.