Shloka 66

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

Devanagari script

जो बारह महीनेतक प्रति चौदहवें दिन हविष्यान्न भोजन करता है, वह महामेध यज्ञका फल पाता है ।।

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: yo dvādaśa māsān prati caturdaśe dine haviṣyānna-bhojanaṁ karoti, sa mahāmedha-yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti. anirdeśya-vayo-rūpā devakanyāḥ su-alaṅkṛtāḥ, mṛṣṭa-taptāṅgada-dharā vimānaiḥ upayānti tam.

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ବାରମାସ ଧରି ପ୍ରତି ଚତୁର୍ଦ୍ଦଶୀ ଦିନ ହବିଷ୍ୟାନ୍ନ (ଯଜ୍ଞାର୍ଥ ସରଳ ଆହାର) ଭୋଜନ କରେ, ସେ ମହାମେଧ ଯଜ୍ଞର ସମାନ ଫଳ ପାଏ। ଯାହାଙ୍କ ଯୌବନ ଓ ରୂପ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନାତୀତ, ସେହି ସୁଅଲଙ୍କୃତ ଦେବକନ୍ୟାମାନେ ତାପି ଶୁଦ୍ଧ କରା ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣର ଅଙ୍ଗଦ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟ ଆଭୂଷଣ ଧାରଣ କରି, ବିମାନରେ ଆସି ତାଙ୍କ ସେବାରେ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• अनिर्देश्य: indescribable
• अनिर्देश्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिर्देश्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वयः: youth/age
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रूपाः: having form/beauty (forms)
• रूपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• देवकन्याः: celestial maidens
• देवकन्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वलंकृताः: well-adorned
• स्वलंकृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-√अलङ्कृ (अलङ्कृत)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मृष्ट: polished/clean
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तप्त: heated/refined
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तप् (तप्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अङ्गदधराः: wearing armlets
• अङ्गदधराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गद-धर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• विमानैः: by aerial cars
• विमानैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• उपयान्ति: approach/come near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√या
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahāmedha-yajña
• devakanyāḥ (celestial maidens)
• vimāna (celestial aerial car)
• aṅgada (gold armlets)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained self-restraint through a regulated vow-diet (haviṣyānna on each fourteenth day for a year) is presented as dharmically potent, yielding merit comparable to a major sacrifice; inner discipline can substitute for costly ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes the spiritual ‘fruit’ of a specific annual observance: the practitioner gains the merit of the Mahāmedha sacrifice and is honored in heaven, symbolized by celestial maidens arriving in vimānas to attend him.