Shloka 104

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

Devanagari script

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरो दिव्यगन्धानुलेपन: । जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक अग्निहोत्र करता हुआ चौबीसवें दिन एक बार हविष्यान्न भोजन करता है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | divyamālyāmbaradharo divyagandhānulepanaḥ | vimāne kāñcane divye haṃsayukte manoramae ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «Il se pare de guirlandes et de vêtements célestes, oint de parfums divins. Celui qui maintient l’Agnihotra durant douze mois et, au vingt-quatrième jour, ne prend qu’un seul repas de havishyānna, demeure très longtemps, dans la joie, au monde des Ādityas, monté sur un splendide vimāna d’or, charmant, attelé de cygnes.»

Word by Word

• {'divya': 'divine, celestial', 'mālya': 'garland, wreath', 'ambara': 'garment, clothing', 'dhara': 'bearing, wearing', 'divya-gandha': 'heavenly fragrance', 'anulepana': 'anointing, unguent, perfumed application', 'vimāna': 'celestial chariot, aerial car', 'kāñcana': 'golden', 'haṃsa-yukta': 'yoked with swans', 'manorama': 'delightful, charming', 'agnihotra': 'the daily fire-offering rite', 'havishyānna': 'food fit for oblation

• simple sacrificial fare (often rice with ghee, etc.)', 'āditya-loka': 'the world/realm of Āditya (the Sun)'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agnihotra
• Ādityaloka (realm of the Sun)
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• haṃsa (swans)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained ritual duty (Agnihotra) combined with disciplined restraint in food is presented as dharmic conduct that generates puṇya, culminating in a radiant, joy-filled heavenly attainment symbolized by divine adornments and a celestial chariot.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is enumerating the fruits of specific vows and sacrificial observances. Here he describes the result of a year-long Agnihotra with a strict eating regimen: the practitioner gains celestial ornaments and enjoys long residence in the Sun’s realm, traveling in a golden swan-yoked vimāna.