Shloka 16

श्रीशक्रसंवादः — The Dialogue of Śrī

Lakṣmī) and Śakra (Indra

Devanagari script

तेषां लोका ह्ापर्यन्ता: सदने ब्रह्मणा सह । उपस्थिताश्षाप्सरोभि: परियान्ति दिवौकस:

Transliteration

Teṣāṁ lokā hy aparyantāḥ sadane Brahmaṇā saha | upasthitāś cāpsarobhiḥ pariyānti divaukasaḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Для таких людей миры, которых они достигают, неисчерпаемы и безграничны. Сам Брахма вместе с апсарами и богами небесными приходит в их обитель и совершает вокруг неё почтительное обхождение.»

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अपर्यन्ताः: endless/boundless
• अपर्यन्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर्यन्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सदने: in the dwelling/house
• सदने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ब्रह्मणा: with Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• उपस्थिताः: having come/present
• उपस्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• अप्सरोभिः: with Apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• परियान्ति: go around/circumambulate
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-या
• Form: present, indicative, third, plural, parasmaipada

• दिवौकसः: the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• दिवौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā
• Apsarases
• Divaukasaḥ (gods/celestial beings)
• Sadana (abode/dwelling)
• Lokāḥ (realms/worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct yields imperishable spiritual reward: those who live by dharma attain limitless realms, and even the highest celestial powers honor them—portraying ethical excellence as worthy of divine reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes the posthumous honor granted to certain virtuous persons: Brahmā, along with Apsarases and other heavenly beings, comes to their abode and circumambulates it, symbolizing veneration and the exalted status of their attainment.