Shloka 85
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
ब्रह्मर्षयो विमानस्था ब्रह्मलोकचराश्न ये
brahmarṣayo vimānasthā brahmalokacarāś ca ye
“Those Brahmarṣis who ride in celestial aerial cars, and those who move freely in the realm of Brahmā…”
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The line evokes the Mahābhārata’s moral-cosmological framework: exalted sages, by spiritual merit and realization, attain higher realms and modes of movement (vimānas, Brahmaloka). It underscores that ethical and ascetic excellence is believed to culminate in elevated states of existence.
The speaker begins a description or enumeration of lofty beings—Brahmarishis associated with celestial vehicles and the realm of Brahmā—setting a grand, otherworldly context for what follows in the passage.