Shloka 88

Devanagari script

उत्तमं लभते स्थानमप्सरोगणसेवितम्‌

Transliteration

uttamaṃ labhate sthānam apsarogaṇasevitam

Translation

Bhishma declares that such a person attains an excellent, exalted realm—one graced and frequented by hosts of apsarases.

Word by Word

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains, attains
• लभते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• स्थानम्: place, position, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अप्सरोगणसेवितम्: attended/served by hosts of Apsarases
• अप्सरोगणसेवितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्सरोगण-सेवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Apsarogaṇa (hosts of apsarases)
• Uttama-sthāna (excellent realm/place)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That righteous or meritorious conduct culminates in an elevated posthumous state—an ‘excellent realm’—presented as a concrete moral consequence (phala) of living in accordance with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in his instructional discourse, states the result of a praised practice or virtue: the person attains a superior heavenly station, described poetically as a realm frequented by apsarases.