Shloka 123
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
विमान सूर्यचन्द्रा भं दिव्यं समधिगच्छति । जातरूपमयं युक्त सर्वरत्नसमन्वितम्
vimānaṃ sūryacandrābhaṃ divyaṃ samadhigacchati | jātarūpamayaṃ yuktaṃ sarvaratnasamanvitam ||
அவன் சூரியன்-சந்திரன் போல் ஒளிரும், பொன்னால் ஆன, முறையாக அமைந்த, எல்லா வகை ரத்தினங்களாலும் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட தெய்வீக விமானத்தை அடைகிறான்।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma and meritorious conduct yield auspicious results; the verse depicts a heavenly reward—an effulgent, jewel-adorned golden vimāna—as a symbolic outcome of accumulated puṇya.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction, he describes the kind of celestial attainment granted to a deserving person: the recipient ‘attains’ a divine vehicle radiant like the sun and moon, golden, well-appointed, and ornamented with all jewels.