Shloka 383
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
वयोरूपविलासिन्यो लभते नात्र संशय: । वह कमलके समान वर्णवाले विमानपर चढ़ता है और वहाँ उसे श्यामवर्णा
vayorūpavilāsinyō labhate nātra saṁśayaḥ |
Bhīṣma sagt: Der Täter erlangt gewiss himmlische Jungfrauen, geschmückt mit dem Reiz der Jugend, Schönheit und anmutiger Verführung—daran besteht kein Zweifel. Er besteigt ein vimāna von lotosgleicher Farbe, und dort werden ihm Deva-Mädchen zuteil: einige von dunkler Tönung, andere hell wie Gold, gleichsam sechzehnjährig, strahlend in neuer Jugend und bezauberndem Liebreiz.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes certainty of karmic result: a commended deed yields a definite reward—here expressed as the attainment of heavenly maidens characterized by youth, beauty, and charm—stressing that moral causality is reliable (“no doubt”).
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and its fruits, describes the assured heavenly enjoyment that follows from a particular meritorious practice being discussed in the surrounding passage, concluding with the emphatic assurance that there is no uncertainty about this outcome.