Shloka 115
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
अमृताशी वसंस्तत्र स वितृष्ण: प्रमोदते । देवर्षिचरितं राजन् राजर्षिभिरनुछितम्
amṛtāśī vasaṃs tatra sa vitṛṣṇaḥ pramodate | devarṣicaritaṃ rājan rājarṣibhir anūcitam, yugakalpasahasrāṇi trīṇy āvasati vai sukham |
ビーシュマは言った。「そこでは甘露を食として生き、渇愛を離れて歓喜する。王よ、その天なる相を具えた者は、王仙たちが説き伝えた天仙（神聖なるリシ）の行状を聴き、思惟する。さらに最上の天車に乗り、麗しき乙女らと恍惚の歓楽に戯れつつ、三千のユガとカルパのあいだ、安らかにそこに住する。この段は、上界の享楽が、貪りによる把持ではなく、無欲と高き範の修養によってこそ味わわれることを示す。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links higher enjoyment and long-lasting heavenly residence with inner freedom from craving (vitṛṣṇatā) and with learning from the exemplary lives of seers as transmitted by wise king-sages—suggesting that refined joy is grounded in restraint and noble contemplation rather than acquisitive desire.
Bhishma describes the state of a meritorious person in a celestial realm: he lives on ambrosial nourishment, remains free of thirst/desire, delights there, listens to and reflects on the traditions about divine seers taught by royal sages, and enjoys life in a splendid celestial vehicle with beautiful companions for an immense span—three thousand yugas and kalpas.