Shloka 119
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
भोगवांस्तेजसा भाति सहस्रांशुरिवामल: । सुकुमार्यश्न नार्यस्तं रममाणा: सुवर्चस:
bhogavāṁs tejasā bhāti sahasrāṁśur ivāmalaḥ | sukumāryaś ca nāryas taṁ ramamāṇāḥ suvarcasaḥ | sarvakāmagame divye kalpāyutaśataṁ samāḥ ||
قال بهيشما: وقد امتلأ بالمتاع، يسطع ببهائه الذاتي، نقيًّا كالشمس ذات الألف شعاع. وتلهو به فتياتٌ رقيقاتٌ متلألئات؛ وهنّ جالساتٌ معه في مركبةٍ سماويةٍ بهيجةٍ تُنال فيها كلُّ رغبة، يهبنه تسليةً مفرِحةً طوال مئاتِ الألوفِ من الكَلْبَات.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the karmic fruit of dharmic merit as luminous, refined enjoyment in a celestial setting. It implicitly distinguishes such reward (bhoga) from the highest goal, reminding the listener that pleasure is a consequence of merit but not necessarily liberation beyond desire.
Bhishma describes a meritorious person in the afterlife: he shines like the spotless sun and is accompanied by radiant maidens while traveling in a divine, wish-fulfilling vimana, enjoying prolonged celestial delight measured in vast cosmic time (kalpas).