Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

सूर्यमालासमाभासमारोहेत्‌ पाण्डुरं गृहम्‌ आवर्तनानि चत्वारि तथा पद्मानि द्वादशश

Transliteration

sūryamālāsamābhāsam ārohet pāṇḍuraṃ gṛham āvartanāni catvāri tathā padmāni dvādaśaś

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Man wird ein weißes Haus besteigen, strahlend wie ein Kranz von Sonnen, versehen mit vier kreisförmigen Höfen/Umgängen und zwölf lotusgleichen Zierden.“

Word by Word

• सूर्यमाला-समाभासम्: having an appearance like a garland of suns
• सूर्यमाला-समाभासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्यमाला-समाभास
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आरोहेत्: should ascend / should mount
• आरोहेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√रुह्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डुरम्: pale, white
• पाण्डुरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गृहम्: house, dwelling
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आवर्तनानि: turnings, coils, circuits
• आवर्तनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवर्तन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चत्वारि: four
• चत्वारि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पद्मानि: lotuses
• पद्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• sun (sūrya)
• garland (mālā)
• white mansion/house (pāṇḍura gṛha)
• lotuses (padma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma yields an auspicious and radiant फल (result): the verse expresses the reward of righteous conduct through the image of a pure, sun-bright dwelling, suggesting that ethical living culminates in elevated, luminous states of existence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction in Anuśāsana Parva, describing the splendid, orderly ‘mansion’ one attains—symbolically or as a heavenly reward—characterized by four āvartanāni (courts/turnings) and twelve lotus-like features.