Shloka 119
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
भोगवांस्तेजसा भाति सहस्रांशुरिवामल: । सुकुमार्यश्न नार्यस्तं रममाणा: सुवर्चस:,सर्वकामगमे दिव्ये कल्पायुतशतं समा: । वह भोगसे सम्पन्न हो अपने तेजसे निर्मल सूर्यकी भाँति प्रकाशित होता है और सुन्दर कान्तिवाली, पीन उरोज, जाँच और जघन प्रदेशवाली, दिव्य वस्त्राभूषणोंसे विभूषित सुकुमारी रमणियाँ सूर्यके समान प्रकाशित और सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंकी प्राप्ति करानेवाले मनोरम दिव्य विमानपर बैठकर उस पुण्यात्मा पुरुषका दस लाख कल्पोंके वर्षोतक मनोरंजन करती हैं
bhogavāṁs tejasā bhāti sahasrāṁśur ivāmalaḥ | sukumāryaś ca nāryas taṁ ramamāṇāḥ suvarcasaḥ | sarvakāmagame divye kalpāyutaśataṁ samāḥ ||
Bhishma said: Endowed with enjoyments, he shines by his own splendor, spotless like the thousand-rayed sun. Delicate, radiant maidens delight in him; and seated with him in a divine aerial car that grants every desired pleasure, they provide him joyous recreation for a hundred myriads of kalpas.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the karmic fruit of dharmic merit as luminous, refined enjoyment in a celestial setting. It implicitly distinguishes such reward (bhoga) from the highest goal, reminding the listener that pleasure is a consequence of merit but not necessarily liberation beyond desire.
Bhishma describes a meritorious person in the afterlife: he shines like the spotless sun and is accompanied by radiant maidens while traveling in a divine, wish-fulfilling vimana, enjoying prolonged celestial delight measured in vast cosmic time (kalpas).