Shloka 88

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

Devanagari script

उत्तमं लभते स्थानमप्सरोगणसेवितम्‌

Transliteration

uttamaṃ labhate sthānam apsarogaṇasevitam

Translation

Bhishma déclare qu’un tel homme atteint un séjour excellent et sublime, fréquenté et servi par des troupes d’apsaras.

Word by Word

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains, attains
• लभते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• स्थानम्: place, position, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अप्सरोगणसेवितम्: attended/served by hosts of Apsarases
• अप्सरोगणसेवितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्सरोगण-सेवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Apsarogaṇa (hosts of apsarases)
• Uttama-sthāna (excellent realm/place)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That righteous or meritorious conduct culminates in an elevated posthumous state—an ‘excellent realm’—presented as a concrete moral consequence (phala) of living in accordance with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, in his instructional discourse, states the result of a praised practice or virtue: the person attains a superior heavenly station, described poetically as a realm frequented by apsarases.