Shloka 1053

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

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु पुष्कलं यानमारुहेत्‌ । जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक पचीसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, उसको सवारीके लिये बहुत-से विमान या वाहन प्राप्त होते हैं

Transliteration

sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu puṣkalaṁ yānam āruhet |

Translation

Dijo Bhishma: Si una persona, durante doce meses completos, observa la disciplina de comer sólo una vez el día vigésimo quinto (de cada mes), entonces es recompensada con abundantes medios de transporte—muchos vimānas, carros aéreos o vehículos—para su viaje. La enseñanza subraya que la continencia sostenida y la vida regulada se consideran capaces de producir frutos auspiciosos, incluso extraordinarios.

Word by Word

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

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: (agreeing adjective); Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पुष्कलम्: abundant, plentiful
• पुष्कलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्कल
• Form: Gender: Neuter; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

• यानम्: vehicle, conveyance
• यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Gender: Neuter; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

• आरुहेत्: should mount/ascend
• आरुहेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Lakara: Vidhi-ling (optative); Person: 3rd; Number: Singular; Pada: Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• yāna (vehicle/vimāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Consistent, long-term self-discipline—here, a regulated eating vow maintained for twelve months—is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that generates great merit and auspicious rewards.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and observances, he describes a specific monthly dietary vow and states the फल (result): the practitioner gains plentiful conveyances (yānas/vimānas), symbolizing elevated fortune and blessed passage.