Shloka 1013

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

Devanagari script

रमते देवकन्याभिर्दिव्याभरणभूषित: । वहाँ अनेक गुणोंसे युक्त श्रेष्ठ विमानपर आरूढ़ हो इच्छानुसार विचरता

Transliteration

ramate devakanyābhir divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ | tatra anekaguṇaiḥ yuktaḥ śreṣṭhe vimāne ārūḍhaḥ icchānusāraṃ vicarati, yatra icchati tatra gacchati, apsarobhiḥ pūjitaḥ bhavati | teṣu lokeṣu sa divyābharaṇaiḥ vibhūṣitaḥ san devakanyābhiḥ saha ramaṇam karoti |

Translation

దివ్య ఆభరణాలతో అలంకరించబడి అతడు దేవకన్యలతో ఆనందిస్తాడు. అక్కడ అనేక గుణాలతో యుక్తుడై శ్రేష్ఠ విమానంపై ఎక్కి, తన ఇష్టానుసారం సంచరిస్తాడు—ఎక్కడికి కోరితే అక్కడికే వెళ్తాడు—మరియు అప్సరసలచే పూజింపబడతాడు.

Word by Word

• रमते: sports/enjoys
• रमते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Prathama, Eka

• देवकन्याभिः: with the daughters of the gods (celestial maidens)
• देवकन्याभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकन्या
• Form: Stri, Trtiya, Bahu

• दिव्याभरणभूषितः: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-आभरण-भूषित
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Devakanyā (heavenly maidens)
• Apsaras (celestial nymphs)
• Vimāna (celestial aerial car)
• Divya ābharaṇa (divine ornaments)
• Heavenly worlds (lokas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames celestial enjoyment as a consequence of accumulated merit and virtuous qualities: one attains honored status and refined pleasures in higher worlds not by mere desire, but through prior dharmic conduct that bears fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes the posthumous condition of a meritorious person: adorned with divine ornaments, traveling freely in a splendid vimana, honored by apsarases, and enjoying the company of heavenly maidens in celestial realms.