Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

पुण्डरीकप्रकाशं च विमानं लभते नर: । दीप्तसूर्याग्नितेजोभिर्दिव्यमालाभिरेव च

Transliteration

puṇḍarīkaprakāśaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ | dīptasūryāgnitejobhir divyamālābhir eva ca ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: Orang itu memperoleh sebuah vimāna surgawi, bersinar laksana teratai putih, menyala dengan kemilau matahari dan api, serta dihiasi rangkaian kalungan bunga ilahi.

Word by Word

पुण्डरीकप्रकाशम्lotus-like in radiance / having lotus-like brightness

चand

विमानम्celestial car; aerial chariot

लभतेobtains

नरःa man

दीप्तसूर्याग्नितेजोभिःwith splendors like the blazing sun and fire

दिव्यमालाभिःwith divine garlands

एवindeed; just

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

vimāna

puṇḍarīka (white lotus)

Sūrya (Sun)

Agni (Fire)

divya-mālā (divine garlands)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharmic, merit-producing conduct leads to honored, luminous posthumous attainments—depicted as receiving a radiant celestial vimāna and divine garlands—signifying purity, divine favor, and elevated destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva, he describes the फल (result) of a praised practice or virtue: the person is welcomed in the next world with a lotus-bright celestial vehicle, blazing like sun and fire, and adorned with heavenly garlands.