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Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

तत्र शंखपताके द्वे युगान्तं कल्पमेव च । अयुतायुतं तथा पद्म समुद्र च तथा वसेत्‌

Transliteration

tatra śaṅkha-patāke dve yugāntaṁ kalpam eva ca | ayutāyutaṁ tathā padma samudraṁ ca tathā vaset ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : « Dans ce séjour supérieur, l’homme qui garde son vœu est dit demeurer durant des mesures de temps immenses : deux périodes ‘Śaṅkha’ et deux ‘Patākā’, un Yugānta, un Kalpa, un Ayutāyuta, un Padma, et même un ‘Samudra’ ; ce qui signifie une résidence d’une longueur prodigieuse en Brahmaloka, fruit d’un dharma fondé sur le vœu. »

Word by Word

तत्रthere

शङ्खपताकेconch and banner (two items as a pair)

द्वेtwo

युगान्तम्the end of an age (yuga-end)

कल्पम्a kalpa (aeon)

एवindeed/just

चand

अयुतायुतम्ten-thousand times ten-thousand (a very large number)

तथाlikewise/also

पद्मम्padma (a very large number; also 'lotus')

समुद्रम्ocean; (as a number-name) 'samudra'

चand

तथाalso/likewise

वसेत्would dwell / should dwell

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Brahmaloka

Śaṅkha (numerical/time unit)

Patākā (numerical/time unit)

Yugānta

Kalpa

Ayutāyuta

Padma

Samudra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that steadfast observance of vows (vrata-dharma) yields immense spiritual merit, symbolized by extraordinarily long residence in Brahmaloka measured in traditional vast numerical/time units.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction in Anuśāsana Parva by describing the fruits of a vow-observant life, listing grand cosmological measures of time to convey the magnitude of the reward.