Shloka 132

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

Devanagari script

विमाने गगनाकारे सूर्यवैदूर्यसंनिभे

Transliteration

vimāne gaganākāre sūryavaidūryasaṃnibhe

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „In einem Vimāna, einem himmlischen Luftwagen, weit wie der Himmel, strahlend wie die Sonne und dem Glanz des Vaidūrya (Katzenaugengemms) gleich …“

Word by Word

• विमाने: in the aerial car/palace (vimāna)
• विमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गगन-आकारे: in/with a sky-like form
• गगन-आकारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गगन-आकार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सूर्य-वैदूर्य-संनिभे: in/with (something) resembling sun and vaidūrya (cat's-eye gem)
• सूर्य-वैदूर्य-संनिभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य-वैदूर्य-संनिभ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vimāna
• sūrya
• vaidūrya
• gagana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse’s imagery of a radiant, sky-like vimāna functions as a poetic marker of exalted reward: dharmic merit is portrayed as leading to elevated, luminous states, reinforcing the ethical idea that righteous conduct bears transcendent fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a celestial vehicle—vast as the sky and shining like the sun and a precious gem—typically as part of a larger account of someone’s ascent, honor, or reward resulting from virtue, vows, gifts, or disciplined conduct.