Shloka 64
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
गीतगन्धर्वघोषैश्न भेरीपणवनि:स्वनै: । सदा प्रह्लादितस्ताभिवदेवकन्याभिरिज्यते,वहाँ देवकन्याएँ गीत और वाद्योंके घोष तथा भेरी और पणवकी मधुर ध्वनिसे उस पुरुषको आनन्द प्रदान करती हुई सदा उसका पूजन करती हैं
gīta-gandharva-ghoṣaiś ca bherī-paṇava-niḥsvanaiḥ | sadā prahlāditaḥ tābhir deva-kanyābhir ijyate ||
ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်တော်မူသည်—ထိုနေရာ၌ ဂီတသံများ၊ ဂန္ဓဗ္ဗ (Gandharva) တေးသံကဲ့သို့သော ဂုဏ်ပြုသံများနှင့် ဘေရီဒရမ်၊ ပဏဝ (paṇava) ဒရမ်တို့၏ ချိုမြိန်သံများဖြင့် ဒေဝကနျာများသည် ထိုမြတ်နိုးဖွယ်သူကို အမြဲပျော်ရွှင်စေကာ နေ့စဉ်မပြတ် ပူဇော်ကန်တော့ကြ၏။
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral logic of dharma: righteous conduct yields honor and joy as its fruit. The ‘worship’ by celestial maidens symbolizes the esteem and delight that accrue to a person of merit, reinforcing that ethical living is not merely restraint but a source of auspicious reward.
Bhishma describes a blessed state in which a worthy person is continually gladdened and honored in a divine setting. Celestial maidens offer music—songs and instrumental sounds (bherī and paṇava)—as a form of ongoing reverence.