Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तृतीयं पारणं प्राप्प द्वादशाहफलं लभेत्‌ । वसत्यमरसंकाशो वर्षाण्ययुतशो दिवि

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ pāraṇaṃ prāpya dvādaśāhaphalaṃ labhet | vasaty amarasaṅkāśo varṣāṇy ayutaśo divi ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“完成第三次守戒（pāraṇa）者，所得功德等同于十二日祭（十二日大祭）的果报。其光辉如同不死诸天，得在天界居住数万年。”

Word by Word

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पारणम्: fast-breaking (parana)
• पारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained / on attaining
• प्राप्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (gerund, indeclinable form)

• द्वादशाहफलम्: the fruit of the twelve-day rite
• द्वादशाहफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशाह-फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Potential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• वसति: dwells
• वसति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present (लट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमरसंकाशः: having the splendor/appearance of the immortals (gods)
• अमरसंकाशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर-संकाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अयुतशः: by tens of thousands / in myriads
• अयुतशः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अयुतशस्
• Form: Adverb

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• heaven (divi)
• the immortals/gods (amarāḥ)
• Dvādāśāha sacrifice (dvādaśāha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined completion of religious observances (pāraṇa) yields merit comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, emphasizing the ethical power of self-restraint and faithful fulfillment of vows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the spiritual results of successive completed observances; here he states the reward for completing the third pāraṇa—attaining the fruit of a twelve-day sacrifice and long residence in heaven with godlike radiance.