Shloka 115

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

Devanagari script

अमृताशी वसंस्तत्र स वितृष्ण: प्रमोदते । देवर्षिचरितं राजन्‌ राजर्षिभिरनुछितम्‌

Transliteration

amṛtāśī vasaṃs tatra sa vitṛṣṇaḥ pramodate | devarṣicaritaṃ rājan rājarṣibhir anūcitam, yugakalpasahasrāṇi trīṇy āvasati vai sukham |

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ସେ ଅମୃତସମ ଆହାର ପାଇ, ତୃଷ୍ଣାରହିତ ହୋଇ ଆନନ୍ଦ କରେ। ହେ ରାଜନ! ରାଜର୍ଷିମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଉପଦିଷ୍ଟ ଦେବର୍ଷିମାନଙ୍କ ଚରିତ୍ରକୁ ସେ ଶ୍ରବଣ-ମନନ କରେ; ଏବଂ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ବିମାନରେ ଆରୋହଣ କରି ମନୋହର ସୁନ୍ଦରୀମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ପରମୋଲ୍ଲାସରେ ରମଣ କରୁଥିବାବେଳେ, ତିନି ହଜାର ଯୁଗ ଓ କଳ୍ପ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ସେଠାରେ ସୁଖପୂର୍ବକ ବାସ କରେ।

Word by Word

• अमृताशी: one who eats/drinks nectar; nectar-fed
• अमृताशी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृताशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसन्: dwelling, residing
• वसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (वासे)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

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

• वितृष्णः: free from thirst/desire
• वितृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमोदते: rejoices, delights
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (हर्षे) + प्र
• Form: Present (Lat), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• देवर्षि-चरितम्: the conduct/deeds of divine seers
• देवर्षि-चरितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षिचरित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजर्षिभिः: by royal sages
• राजर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनुचितम्: followed/practised; observed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुचित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युग-कल्प-सहस्राणि: thousands of yugas and kalpas
• युग-कल्प-सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगकल्पसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• त्रीणि: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आवसति: dwells, resides
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (वासे) + आ
• Form: Present (Lat), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by 'rājan')
• Devarṣi (divine seers)
• Rājarṣi (royal sages)
• Vimāna (celestial vehicle)
• Apsaras/beautiful celestial women (implied by 'manoram sundariyoṃ' in the gloss)
• Amṛta
• Yuga
• Kalpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links higher enjoyment and long-lasting heavenly residence with inner freedom from craving (vitṛṣṇatā) and with learning from the exemplary lives of seers as transmitted by wise king-sages—suggesting that refined joy is grounded in restraint and noble contemplation rather than acquisitive desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes the state of a meritorious person in a celestial realm: he lives on ambrosial nourishment, remains free of thirst/desire, delights there, listens to and reflects on the traditions about divine seers taught by royal sages, and enjoys life in a splendid celestial vehicle with beautiful companions for an immense span—three thousand yugas and kalpas.