Shloka 8736

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

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै सप्तलोकान्‌ स पश्यति । जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक उन्नीसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, वह भी भू आदि सातों लोकोंका दर्शन करता है

Transliteration

sadā dvādaśamāsān vai saptalokān sa paśyati |

Translation

Bhishma said: “For a full twelve months, he beholds the seven worlds.” In context, this is taught as the spiritual fruit of a vow of regulated eating: one who, for twelve months without break, eats only once on the nineteenth day also gains vision of the seven lokas, beginning with Bhū-loka.

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• वै: indeed/assuredly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

• पश्यति: sees/beholds
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Tense: present; Person: 3rd; Number: singular; Pada: parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• sapta-loka (the seven worlds)