Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

मयूरहंसयुक्तं च विमानं लभते नर: । सप्तर्षीणां सदा लोके सो5प्सरोभिव॑सेत्‌ सह

Transliteration

mayūrahāṃsayuktaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ | saptarṣīṇāṃ sadā loke so 'psarobhiḥ vaset saha ||

Translation

ဘီṣ္မက ပြောသည်– «ထိုသူသည် မယူးရ (ဒေါင်း) နှင့် ဟံသာတို့ ချိတ်ဆွဲထားသော ကောင်းကင်ယာဉ် (ဝိမာန) ကို ရရှိပြီး၊ ခုနစ်ဋ္ဌရိရှီတို့၏ လောက၌ အပ္စရာများနှင့်အတူ အမြဲတမ်း နေထိုင်ရသည်»။

Word by Word

• मयूरहंसयुक्तम्: yoked/attached with peacocks and swans
• मयूरहंसयुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मयूरहंसयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विमानम्: a celestial car/aircraft
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तर्षीणाम्: of the seven sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्सरोभिः: with apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• वसेत्: would dwell/should dwell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vimāna
• Peacocks (Mayūra)
• Swans (Haṃsa)
• Saptarṣi (Seven Sages)
• Apsarās

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a karmic-fruit teaching: righteous conduct (as described in the surrounding discourse) yields exalted posthumous results—symbolized by a splendid vimāna and residence in lofty celestial realms among revered beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction during the Anuśāsana Parva, he describes the specific heavenly attainments granted to a person who fulfills the prescribed dharmic practice being discussed, portraying the reward as a peacock-and-swan-yoked vimāna and dwelling in the Saptarṣi realm with Apsarās.