Shloka 3
मनस्–बुद्धि–गुणविचारः (Manas–Buddhi–Guṇa Inquiry) — Meditation and Nirguṇa Realization
अमूनि यानि स्थानानि देवानां परमात्मनाम् | नानासंस्थानवर्णानि नानारूपफलानि च
bhīṣma uvāca | amūni yāni sthānāni devānāṃ paramātmanām | nānāsaṃsthānavarṇāni nānārūpaphalāni ca |
भीष्म म्हणाले—देवांचे ते धाम—उच्च, स्वाधीन व परमात्मस्वरूप—रचना व वर्ण यांत अनेक प्रकारचे सांगितले गेले आहेत; आणि त्यांची फळेही नानाविध असतात. देवलोकात इच्छेनुसार फिरणारी दिव्य विमाने व तेजस्वी सभामंडपे आहेत; आणि हे राजन्, नानाप्रकारची क्रीडास्थळे तसेच सुवर्णकमळांनी शोभणाऱ्या बावड्या व सरोवरेही आहेत.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma emphasizes that the results of merit (phala) are not uniform: higher realms and their enjoyments are described as varied in form, splendor, and reward, implying gradations of karmic outcome and the diversity of heavenly experience.
In Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhishma continues advising the king by describing the abodes of the gods—depicting their wondrous features such as celestial vehicles, assembly halls, pleasure-grounds, and lotus-adorned waters—within a broader discourse on realms attained through virtue.