Shloka 49
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
उसमें स्फटिक और वज्रसारमणिके खम्भे लगे होते हैं। उसपर सुन्दर ढंगसे बनी हुई वेदी शोभा पाती है तथा वहाँ हंस और सारस पक्षी कलरव करते रहते हैं। ऐसे विशाल विमानपर चढ़ता और स्वच्छन्द घूमता है ।। एकादशे तु दिवसे य: प्राप्ते प्राशते हवि: । सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जुह्नानो जातवेदसम्
ekādaśe tu divase yaḥ prāpte prāśate haviḥ | sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu juhvāno jātavedasam ||
Bhishma said: “In that celestial car are pillars of crystal and columns of vajra-hard substance. Upon it shines a beautifully fashioned altar-platform, and there swans and sārasas continually call. He mounts that vast vimāna and moves about at will. He who, when the eleventh day arrives, partakes of the havi (the sacrificial portion), and who for twelve months continually offers into Agni Jātavedas—such a disciplined observer attains the fruit of sustained ritual conduct.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes disciplined religious observance: keeping a timed vow (linked with the eleventh day/Ekādaśī) and sustaining offerings into Agni over a full year, presenting steadiness and restraint as a dharmic path to merit.
Bhishma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira in Anuśāsana Parva on vows and sacrificial disciplines, describing a practitioner who partakes of consecrated oblation at the prescribed time and performs regular fire-offerings to Agni (Jātavedas) for twelve months.