Shloka 63

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

तत्र शंखपताके द्वे युगान्तं कल्पमेव च । अयुतायुतं तथा पद्म समुद्र च तथा वसेत्‌,वह व्रतधारी पुरुष दो शंख, दो पताका (महापद्मय), एक कल्प एवं एक चतुर्युग तथा दस करोड़ एवं चार पद्म वर्षोतक ब्रह्मलोकमें निवास करता है

Transliteration

tatra śaṅkha-patāke dve yugāntaṁ kalpam eva ca | ayutāyutaṁ tathā padma samudraṁ ca tathā vaset ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “In that higher realm, the observant man who maintains his vow is said to dwell for vast measures of time—two ‘Śaṅkha’ and two ‘Patākā’ periods, a Yugānta, a Kalpa, an Ayutāyuta, a Padma, and even a ‘Samudra’—thus indicating an extraordinarily long residence in Brahmaloka as the fruit of disciplined, vow-based dharma.”

Word by Word

तत्रthere

शङ्खपताकेconch and banner (two items as a pair)

द्वेtwo

युगान्तम्the end of an age (yuga-end)

कल्पम्a kalpa (aeon)

एवindeed/just

चand

अयुतायुतम्ten-thousand times ten-thousand (a very large number)

तथाlikewise/also

पद्मम्padma (a very large number; also 'lotus')

समुद्रम्ocean; (as a number-name) 'samudra'

चand

तथाalso/likewise

वसेत्would dwell / should dwell

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Brahmaloka

Śaṅkha (numerical/time unit)

Patākā (numerical/time unit)

Yugānta

Kalpa

Ayutāyuta

Padma

Samudra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes