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Shloka 111

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

स प्राप्नोति महाभाग: पूज्यमानो5प्सरोगणै: । सप्तानां मरुतां लोकान्‌ वसूनां चापि सो5श्षुते

sa prāpnoti mahābhāgaḥ pūjyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ | saptānāṃ marutāṃ lokān vasūnāṃ cāpi so 'śnute ||

এমন মহাভাগ্যবান পুরুষ—অপ্সরাগণের দ্বারা পূজিত—সপ্ত মরুতদের লোক এবং বসুদের লোকও লাভ করে। যে ব্যক্তি বারো মাস ধরে মন ও ইন্দ্রিয় সংযত রেখে মিতাহারী থাকে, ছাব্বিশতম দিনে একবার আহার করে, বৈরাগ্যসম্পন্ন ও জিতেন্দ্রিয় হয়ে প্রতিদিন অগ্নিতে আহুতি প্রদান করে—সে-ই মহাভাগ্যবান ঐ দিব্য লোকসমূহে গমন করে।

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राप्नोतिattains/reaches
प्राप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
महाभागःgreatly fortunate/noble
महाभागः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाभाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूज्यमानःbeing worshipped/honoured
पूज्यमानः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपूज्
FormPresent passive participle (शानच्), passive sense, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अप्सरोगणैःby groups of Apsarases
अप्सरोगणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअप्सरोगण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सप्तानाम्of seven
सप्तानाम्:
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
मरुताम्of the Maruts
मरुताम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
लोकान्worlds/realms
लोकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वसूनाम्of the Vasus
वसूनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवसु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अश्नुतेenjoys/obtains
अश्नुते:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
A
Apsarases (Apsarogaṇa)
M
Maruts
V
Vasus
L
Lokas (divine realms)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma teaches that disciplined restraint—control of mind and senses, moderation in food, detachment, and faithful daily offerings—creates spiritual merit that leads to exalted posthumous states, symbolized by attaining the realms of the Maruts and Vasus.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and religious observances, he describes the फल (result) of a severe vow/ascetic regimen: the practitioner is honoured by Apsarases and reaches the divine worlds associated with the Maruts and the Vasus.