Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

मयूरहंसयुक्तं च विमानं लभते नर: । सप्तर्षीणां सदा लोके सो5प्सरोभिव॑सेत्‌ सह

Transliteration

mayūrahāṃsayuktaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ | saptarṣīṇāṃ sadā loke so 'psarobhiḥ vaset saha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Jener Mann erlangt einen himmlischen Luftwagen, eine Vimāna, angespannt mit Pfauen und Schwänen; und in den Welten der Sieben Ṛṣi weilt er immerdar, zusammen mit den Apsarās.“

Word by Word

• मयूरहंसयुक्तम्: yoked/attached with peacocks and swans
• मयूरहंसयुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मयूरहंसयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विमानम्: a celestial car/aircraft
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तर्षीणाम्: of the seven sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्सरोभिः: with apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• वसेत्: would dwell/should dwell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vimāna
• Peacocks (Mayūra)
• Swans (Haṃsa)
• Saptarṣi (Seven Sages)
• Apsarās