Shloka 61
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
जो बारह महीनोंतक सदा तेरहवें दिन हविष्यात्र भोजन करता है, उसे देवसत्रका फल प्राप्त होता है ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | yo dvādaśa māsān yāvat sadā trayodaśe dine haviṣyāśanaṁ karoti, sa devasatrasya phalaṁ prāpnoti || raktapadmodayaṁ nāma vimānaṁ sādhayen naraḥ | jātarūpaprayuktaṁ ca ratnasañcayabhūṣitam || tasmin devakanyābhiḥ paripūrṇe divyābharaṇabhūṣite mahāśobhā bhavati | tatra pavitrā sugandhiḥ sadā pravartate, tad divyaṁ vimānaṁ vāyavyāstreṇa śobhayamānam ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ବାରୋ ମାସ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ନିତ୍ୟ ତ୍ରୟୋଦଶୀ ତିଥିରେ ହବିଷ୍ୟ-ଭୋଜନ କରେ, ସେ ଦେବସତ୍ରର ଫଳ ପାଏ। ସେ ‘ରକ୍ତପଦ୍ମୋଦୟ’ ନାମକ ଦିବ୍ୟ ବିମାନ ଲଭେ—ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣରେ ଜଟିତ ଓ ରତ୍ନସଞ୍ଚୟରେ ଭୂଷିତ। ତାହାରେ ଦେବକନ୍ୟାମାନେ ପରିପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଥାନ୍ତି; ଦିବ୍ୟ ଆଭୂଷଣରେ ତାହା ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ। ସେଠାରୁ ସଦା ପବିତ୍ର ସୁଗନ୍ଧ ଉଦ୍ଗତ ହୁଏ, ଏବଂ ବାୟବ୍ୟାସ୍ତ୍ରର ପ୍ରଭାରେ ସେ ବିମାନ ଶୋଭିତ ହୁଏ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady, time-bound self-restraint in diet and ritual conduct—performed with regularity over a full year—is presented as dharmic practice that yields great merit, comparable to major sacrificial rites, and culminates in exalted heavenly attainments.
Bhishma is describing the specific fruit of a vow: eating haviṣya on each thirteenth lunar day for twelve months. He then depicts the resulting reward as the attainment of a jewel-and-gold adorned celestial vimāna named Raktapadmodaya, populated by divine maidens and shining with divine splendor.