Shloka 20
Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala
On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving
मणिमय खम्भोंसे युक्त सुवर्णमय विमानके भीतर बहुमूल्य दिव्य पर्यकपर वे भृगुनन्दन च्यवन लेटे हुए थे ।।
maṇimaya-khambhaiḥ yukta-suvarṇamaya-vimāna-bhitara bahu-mūlya-divya-paryaṅke te bhṛgu-nandanaḥ cyavanaḥ leṭe huve the. tam abhyayāt praharṣeṇa narendraḥ saha bhāryayā. antarhitaḥ tataḥ bhūyaḥ cyavanaḥ śayanaṃ ca tat.
宝玉をちりばめた柱に支えられた黄金の空中楼閣の内に、婆利古の後裔チャヴァナが、貴く壮麗な天上の寝台に身を横たえているのが見えた。これを見て、王クシカは王妃を伴い、大いなる歓喜のうちに近づいた。だがその瞬間、聖仙チャヴァナは再び姿を隠し、寝台もまた同時に消え失せた。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the sovereignty of spiritual attainment: a sage endowed with yogic power is not bound by royal attention or worldly enthusiasm. For rulers, it is a lesson in humility and restraint—approach the holy with reverence, without presumption, recognizing that the divine operates beyond ordinary control.
Cyavana is seen reclining inside a magnificent golden vimāna on a divine couch. King Kuśika and his queen, delighted, move toward him; immediately Cyavana becomes invisible again, and the couch also vanishes, emphasizing the miraculous, ungraspable nature of the sage’s presence.