Shloka 26
Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)
नद्यो वीथ्य: सभा वाप्यो दीर्घिकाश्वैव सर्वश: । घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रश:
nadyo vīthyaḥ sabhā vāpyō dīrghikāś caiva sarvaśaḥ | ghoṣavanti ca yānāni yuktāny atha sahasraśaḥ ||
Bhishma dijo: «En aquellos mundos radiantes vi, por doquier, ríos, anchas avenidas, salas de asamblea, pozos y depósitos de agua, y largos estanques; y vi también miles y miles de vehículos—enjaezados y listos—que resonaban con un ruido auspicioso. La escena proclama un reino ordenado y próspero, donde el mérito da fruto visible y donde la vida justa culmina en armonía, abundancia y esplendor digno.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents prosperity and orderly civic life as the visible outcome of dharma and accumulated merit: righteous conduct is portrayed as leading to harmonious, well-provisioned realms where resources, institutions, and conveyances are abundant and properly arranged.
Bhīṣma describes what he has seen in exalted or divine regions—an expansive, well-structured landscape filled with waterways, public spaces, waterworks, and countless ready vehicles—emphasizing the grandeur and completeness of those realms.