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Shloka 61

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

जो बारह महीनोंतक सदा तेरहवें दिन हविष्यात्र भोजन करता है, उसे देवसत्रका फल प्राप्त होता है ।।

bhīṣma uvāca | yo dvādaśa māsān yāvat sadā trayodaśe dine haviṣyāśanaṁ karoti, sa devasatrasya phalaṁ prāpnoti || raktapadmodayaṁ nāma vimānaṁ sādhayen naraḥ | jātarūpaprayuktaṁ ca ratnasañcayabhūṣitam || tasmin devakanyābhiḥ paripūrṇe divyābharaṇabhūṣite mahāśobhā bhavati | tatra pavitrā sugandhiḥ sadā pravartate, tad divyaṁ vimānaṁ vāyavyāstreṇa śobhayamānam ||

ភីṣ្មៈបានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ អ្នកណាដែលអស់រយៈពេលដប់ពីរខែ ប្រកាន់វិន័យជានិច្ច បរិភោគអាហារហវិṣ្យ (haviṣya) នៅថ្ងៃទីដប់បីតាមចន្ទគតិ នោះទទួលបានផលបុណ្យដូចពិធីទេវសត្រ (Devasatra) ដ៏មហិមា។ មនុស្សនោះនឹងទទួលបានវិមានសេឡេស្ទ្យាល់ឈ្មោះ «រក្តបដ្មោទយ» (Raktapadmodaya) តុបតែងដោយមាស និងប្រដាប់ដោយកំណប់រតនៈជាច្រើន។ វិមាននោះពោរពេញដោយទេវកន្យា រលោងដោយអលង្ការទិព្វ; ក្លិនក្រអូបបរិសុទ្ធបញ្ចេញជានិច្ច ហើយវិមានទិព្វនោះភ្លឺរលោងដោយសិរីល្អនៃអាវុធវាយវ្យ (Vāyavya)។

रक्तपद्मोदयंthe (vimana) named ‘Raktapadmodaya’
रक्तपद्मोदयं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्तपद्मोदय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नामby name / called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामन्
विमानम्a celestial chariot / aerial car
विमानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविमान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
साधयेत्would obtain / accomplish
साधयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसाध्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जातरूपप्रयुक्तेin/with (it) fitted/attached with gold
जातरूपप्रयुक्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootजातरूप-प्रयुक्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
रत्नसंचयभूषितम्adorned with a collection of gems
रत्नसंचयभूषितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootरत्न-संचय-भूषित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
D
Devasatra
R
Raktapadmodaya (vimāna)
D
Devakanyāḥ
J
Jātarūpa (gold)
R
Ratna (gems)
V
Vāyavyāstra
V
Vāyu (implied by Vāyavya)

Educational Q&A

Steady, time-bound self-restraint in diet and ritual conduct—performed with regularity over a full year—is presented as dharmic practice that yields great merit, comparable to major sacrificial rites, and culminates in exalted heavenly attainments.

Bhishma is describing the specific fruit of a vow: eating haviṣya on each thirteenth lunar day for twelve months. He then depicts the resulting reward as the attainment of a jewel-and-gold adorned celestial vimāna named Raktapadmodaya, populated by divine maidens and shining with divine splendor.