Shloka 1246
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
मनो5भिरामा मधुरा रमयन्ति मदोत्कटा: । उस विमानमें अप्सराएँ भरी रहती हैं
mano'bhirāmā madhurā ramayanti madotkaṭāḥ | tasmin vimāne apsarāḥ pūrṇāḥ santi, gandharvagītānāṃ madhuradhvaninā sa vimānaḥ pratidhvanati | tasmin vimāne divyābharaṇavibhūṣitāḥ śubhalakṣaṇasampannāḥ mano'bhirāmāḥ madamattāḥ madhurabhāṣiṇyaś ca ramaṇyo naraṃ taṃ ramayanti |
Bhishma describe un carro aéreo celestial: está colmado de apsaras, y resuena sin cesar con la dulce música de los cantos de los gandharvas. En su interior, mujeres engalanadas con ornamentos divinos—propicias en todos sus signos, cautivadoras para la mente, embriagadas de gozo y de habla meliflua—deleitan y entretienen a ese hombre. El pasaje subraya el atractivo de la recompensa celeste como consecuencia del mérito, y a la vez insinúa que el placer es un fruto, no el fin último del dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents heavenly enjoyment as a result of accumulated merit: dharmic action yields pleasing fruits, depicted as celestial music, beauty, and delight. At the same time, it implies an ethical hierarchy—pleasure is a consequence of dharma, not its substitute.
Bhishma is describing a celestial vimana associated with a meritorious man: it is filled with apsarases, echoes with gandharva music, and contains divinely adorned, auspicious, sweet-speaking women who entertain him.