Shloka 416

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

विमानानि सुयुक्तानि कामगानि च वासव । वासव! वहाँ न कोई दुर्भाग्य है और न अशुभ। वहाँ दिव्य वन, दिव्य भवन तथा परम सुन्दर एवं इच्छानुसार विचरनेवाले विमान मौजूद हैं

Transliteration

vimānāni suyuktāni kāmagāni ca vāsava | vāsava! tatra na kaścid durbhāgyam asti nāśubham | tatra divyāni vanāni divyāni bhavanāni ca paramasundarāṇi ca yathākāmaṃ vicaranti vimānāni santi |

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «О Васава (Индра)! Там нет ни несчастья, ни дурного знамения. Там есть небесные рощи и небесные чертоги, и дивные воздушные колесницы необычайной красоты, движущиеся по желанию».

Word by Word

• विमानानि: aerial cars, vimānas
• विमानानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सुयुक्तानि: well-yoked, well-equipped
• सुयुक्तानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कामगानि: moving at will
• कामगानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vasava (Indra)
• Vimanas (celestial aerial chariots)
• Divine forests/groves
• Divine mansions/palaces

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage underscores that realms attained through dharma and merit are characterized by auspiciousness and freedom from misfortune; the comforts described (divine groves, mansions, wish-moving vimānas) are presented as fruits of righteous conduct rather than mere luxury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is addressing Vāsava (Indra) and describing a heavenly region where no inauspiciousness exists, emphasizing its divine environment and the presence of splendid vimānas that travel according to desire.