Shloka 57
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
मणिमुक्ताप्रवालैश्न महाहैरुपशोभितम् । हंसमालापरिक्षिप्तं नागवीथीसमाकुलम्
maṇimuktāpravālaiś ca mahāhair upaśobhitam | haṃsamālāparikṣiptaṃ nāgavīthīsamākulam ||
ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «မဏိရတနာ၊ ပုလဲနှင့် ပုလဲကျောက် (coral) တို့ဖြင့် တန်ဆာဆင်ထားပြီး၊ မဟာလည်ဆွဲကြီးများကလည်း ပိုမိုလှပစေသည်။ ဟင်္သာပန်းကုံးများဖြင့် ဝိုင်းရံထားကာ ‘နာဂဝီသီ’ ဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက်နေသည်»။
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily functions as a descriptive passage: it evokes auspicious, orderly grandeur—ornaments, swan-garlands, and elephant processions—often used in the Mahābhārata to frame royal settings and to suggest prosperity and ceremonial dignity rather than to state a direct moral injunction.
Bhīṣma is describing a splendid scene (a place or setting) richly decorated with precious materials and bustling with ceremonial movement—swans arranged like garlands and avenues filled with elephant processions—creating a vivid picture of royal magnificence.