Shloka 1246
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
मनो5भिरामा मधुरा रमयन्ति मदोत्कटा: । उस विमानमें अप्सराएँ भरी रहती हैं
mano'bhirāmā madhurā ramayanti madotkaṭāḥ | tasmin vimāne apsarāḥ pūrṇāḥ santi, gandharvagītānāṃ madhuradhvaninā sa vimānaḥ pratidhvanati | tasmin vimāne divyābharaṇavibhūṣitāḥ śubhalakṣaṇasampannāḥ mano'bhirāmāḥ madamattāḥ madhurabhāṣiṇyaś ca ramaṇyo naraṃ taṃ ramayanti |
Bhishma menggambarkan sebuah vimāna samawi: ia dipenuhi apsara, dan sentiasa bergema dengan alunan manis nyanyian para Gandharva. Di dalamnya, para wanita yang berhias dengan perhiasan ilahi—sempurna tanda-tanda bertuah, memikat hati, mabuk oleh kegembiraan, dan bertutur manis—menghibur serta menyenangkan lelaki itu. Petikan ini menonjolkan daya tarikan ganjaran syurga sebagai akibat kebajikan, sambil secara halus mengingatkan bahawa kenikmatan hanyalah buah, bukan tujuan akhir dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents heavenly enjoyment as a result of accumulated merit: dharmic action yields pleasing fruits, depicted as celestial music, beauty, and delight. At the same time, it implies an ethical hierarchy—pleasure is a consequence of dharma, not its substitute.
Bhishma is describing a celestial vimana associated with a meritorious man: it is filled with apsarases, echoes with gandharva music, and contains divinely adorned, auspicious, sweet-speaking women who entertain him.