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Shloka 26

Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)

नद्यो वीथ्य: सभा वाप्यो दीर्घिकाश्वैव सर्वश: । घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रश:,“उन दिव्य लोकोंमें बहुत-सी नदियाँ, गलियाँ, सभाभवन, बावड़ियाँ, तालाब और जोतकर तैयार खड़े हुए घोषयुक्त सहस्रों रथ मैंने सब ओर देखे थे

nadyo vīthyaḥ sabhā vāpyō dīrghikāś caiva sarvaśaḥ | ghoṣavanti ca yānāni yuktāny atha sahasraśaḥ ||

Bhishma sprach: „In jenen strahlenden Welten sah ich ringsum Flüsse, breite Straßen, Versammlungshallen, Brunnen und Wasserbecken sowie lange Teiche; und ich sah auch Tausende über Tausende von Fahrzeugen—angespannt und bereit—die mit glückverheißendem Klang widerhallten. Das Bild verkündet ein geordnetes, wohlhabendes Reich, in dem Verdienst sichtbare Frucht trägt und in dem rechtschaffenes Leben in Harmonie, Fülle und würdiger Pracht gipfelt.“

नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनदी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
वीथ्यःstreets, lanes
वीथ्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीथि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
सभाassembly-hall
सभा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसभा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वाप्यःstepwells, reservoirs
वाप्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवापी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
दीर्घिकाःponds, tanks
दीर्घिकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदीर्घिका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सर्वशःeverywhere, in all ways
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशः
घोषवन्तिresounding, noisy
घोषवन्ति:
TypeAdjective
Rootघोषवत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यानानिvehicles, conveyances
यानानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
युक्तानिyoked, harnessed, prepared
युक्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Plural
अथthen, moreover
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशः

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
rivers (nadyaḥ)
S
streets (vīthyaḥ)
A
assembly-halls (sabhāḥ)
W
wells/reservoirs (vāpyāḥ)
T
tanks/ponds (dīrghikāḥ)
V
vehicles/chariots (yānāni)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents prosperity and orderly civic life as the visible outcome of dharma and accumulated merit: righteous conduct is portrayed as leading to harmonious, well-provisioned realms where resources, institutions, and conveyances are abundant and properly arranged.

Bhīṣma describes what he has seen in exalted or divine regions—an expansive, well-structured landscape filled with waterways, public spaces, waterworks, and countless ready vehicles—emphasizing the grandeur and completeness of those realms.