Shloka 1263
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
रुद्राणां च तथा लोकं ब्रह्मलोक॑ च गच्छति । वह पुरुष भोगसम्पन्न
rudrāṇāṃ ca tathā lokaṃ brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati | sa puruṣaḥ bhogasaṃpannaḥ tejasvī agnike samāna-dīptimān sva-divya-śarīreṇa devatā iva prakāśamānaḥ divyabhāva-yuktaḥ vasūn marudgaṇān sādhyagaṇān aśvinīkumārān rudrān tathā brahmaṇaḥ lokaṃ api gacchati |
Bhishma berkata: Orang sedemikian mencapai alam para Rudra, bahkan juga alam Brahmā. Dikaruniai kenikmatan dan kemakmuran, bersinar dan menyala seperti api; dengan tubuh ilahi yang bercahaya laksana dewa serta berjiwa bersifat samawi, dia memperoleh akses ke wilayah para Vasu, rombongan Marut, para Sādhya, pasangan Aśvin, para Rudra, dan juga alam Brahmā. Dorongan etika ajaran ini ialah bahawa kelakuan benar dan pahala suci meninggikan cahaya batin seseorang dan membawanya kepada takdir luhur di kalangan golongan ilahi.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that sustained dharmic merit transforms a person into one endowed with spiritual splendor (tejas) and yields exalted posthumous attainments—access to higher divine realms such as Rudraloka and Brahmaloka.
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva, he describes the फल (result) of a praised virtuous practice: the practitioner becomes radiant like fire and is said to reach the worlds of various divine classes—Vasus, Maruts, Sādhyas, Aśvins, Rudras—and even Brahmā’s realm.