Shloka 79

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

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌ | स्थानं वारुणमैन्द्रं च रौद्रं वाप्पधिगच्छति

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | sadā dvādaśa-māsān vai juhvāno jātavedasam | sthānaṃ vāruṇam aindraṃ ca raudraṃ vāpy adhigacchati ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : Celui qui, durant douze mois entiers, verse sans relâche des oblations dans Jātavedas (le feu sacrificiel) atteint les demeures de Varuṇa et d’Indra, et aussi le monde de Rudra. L’enseignement souligne que le devoir du sacrifice (yajña), accompli avec constance et discipline, mène à de hautes destinées et à l’honneur parmi les dieux.

Word by Word

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

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• जुह्मानः: offering (as oblation), performing homa
• जुह्मानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Participle: present active (शतृ); Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• स्थानम्: abode, world
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• वारुणम्: of Varuṇa
• वारुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुण
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• ऐन्द्रम्: of Indra
• ऐन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐन्द्र
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रौद्रम्: of Rudra
• रौद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अधिगच्छति: attains, reaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Tense: present; Person: 3rd; Number: singular; Pada: parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jātavedas (Agni)
• Varuṇa
• Indra
• Rudra
• Vāruṇa-sthāna (Varuṇa’s realm)
• Aindra-sthāna (Indra’s realm)
• Raudra-sthāna (Rudra’s realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady, long-term performance of sacrificial duty—here, continual offerings into Agni for a full year—is presented as a powerful form of dharma that generates great merit, culminating in attainment of high divine realms (Varuṇa’s, Indra’s, and Rudra’s).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing about the fruits of ritual observance: he states that a person who maintains year-long oblations into the sacred fire (Jātavedas/Agni) reaches specific divine abodes associated with major deities.