Shloka 559
उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit
Angiras Teaching
भरतश्रेष्ठ! वह स्वर्गमें जाकर सैकड़ों रमणियोंसे भरे हुए महलमें रमण करता है। इस जगतमें दुर्बल मनुष्यको हृष्ट-पुष्ट होते देखा गया है। जिसे घाव हो गया है
bharataśreṣṭha! sa svargaṁ gatvā śataśo ramaṇībhiḥ paripūrṇe mahale ramate. asmin loke durbalo 'pi manuṣyo hṛṣṭa-puṣṭo dṛśyate. yasya vraṇo jātaḥ, tasya vraṇo 'pi rohaṇaṁ gacchati. rogī ca svasyā roga-nivṛtty-arthaṁ auṣadha-samūhaṁ prāpnoti. krodha-pūrṇaṁ puruṣaṁ prasādayituṁ upāyo 'pi labhyate. artha-māna-kṛte duḥkhita-puruṣasya duḥkhānāṁ nivāraṇam api dṛśyate; kintu svarga-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ divya-sukha-kāṅkṣiṇaś ca puruṣasya etāni sarvāṇi iha-loka-sukhāni na rocante.
婆罗多族中最卓越者啊！他往生天界后，在满布数百佳丽的宫殿中纵情欢娱。即在此世间，也可见羸弱之人转而欣悦强健；已成之创亦得愈合；病者为除疾而得诸药之聚；乃至盛怒之人，也能寻得使其平息之法。为财与名而忧苦者，其愁亦见消解。然而，对那渴慕天界、希求神圣安乐的人而言，这一切不过是尘世之乐，终非其所悦。
अंगियरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly problems often have worldly remedies—health returns, wounds heal, anger can be pacified, and distress over wealth or honor can be relieved. But one who is intent on heaven and divine happiness finds such temporary, this-worldly pleasures insufficient and unappealing, implying a call toward higher aspiration and detachment.
Aṅgiras addresses a Bharata noble and contrasts the enjoyments of heaven (a palace filled with many women) with the ordinary recoveries and consolations available on earth. He then notes that a person yearning for svarga and divine bliss does not value these mundane comforts, framing a moral reflection on priorities and desire.