Shloka 134
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
ऊर्ध्व विचित्रसंकाशे नैको वसति पूजित: । जिस विमानपर वह विराजमान होता है, वह आकाशके समान विशाल दिखायी देता है। सूर्य और वैदूर्यमणिके समान तेजस्वी जान पड़ता है। उसका पिछला भाग चन्द्रमाके समान, वामभाग मेघके सदृश, दाहिना भाग लाल प्रभासे युक्त, निचला भाग नीलमण्डलके समान तथा ऊपरका भाग अनेक रंगोंके सम्मिश्रणसे विचित्र-सा प्रतीत होता है। उसमें वह अनेक नर-नारियोंके साथ सम्मानित होकर रहता है || १३२-१३३ $ ।। यावद् वर्षसहस्त्रं वै जम्बूद्वीपे प्रवर्षति
ūrdhva-vicitra-saṅkāśe naiko vasati pūjitaḥ | yāvad varṣa-sahasraṃ vai jambūdvīpe pravarṣati ||
Bhīṣma said: “In a lofty celestial mansion whose upper portion appears wondrously variegated, more than one honored being dwells. For as long as a thousand years’ rain falls upon Jambudvīpa, so long does that revered one abide there—resplendent in a radiant aerial car—enjoying esteem and companionship, as the fruit of meritorious conduct.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma underscores the karmic principle that honorable, meritorious conduct yields exalted posthumous rewards—symbolized by residence in a splendid celestial abode for a vast, measured duration.
Bhishma continues a description of a heavenly state: an honored person (not alone) dwells in a lofty, wondrously colored celestial residence, and the duration of that enjoyment is expressed through a grand temporal measure linked to rainfall over Jambudvipa.