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Shloka 833

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

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै सप्तलोकान्‌ स पश्यति । जो लगातार बारह महीनोंतक प्रति अठारहवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, वह भू आदि सातों लोकोंका दर्शन करता है

sadā dvādaśa-māsān vai sapta-lokān sa paśyati |

ఎవడు నిరంతరం పన్నెండు నెలలు ప్రతి పద్దెనిమిదవ రోజున ఒక్కసారి మాత్రమే భోజనం చేస్తాడో, అతడు భూ మొదలైన ఏడు లోకాలను దర్శిస్తాడు।

सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
द्वादशtwelve
द्वादश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
मासान्months
मासान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
लोकान्worlds/realms
लोकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
S
sapta-lokāḥ (seven worlds)
B
Bhū-loka (implied as the first of the seven)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that sustained, disciplined austerity—specifically a strict regimen of eating only once every eighteenth day for a year—produces extraordinary spiritual merit, symbolized by the ability to behold the seven worlds. It underscores the dharmic value of self-control and regulated conduct.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and the fruits of vows and austerities. Here he states the promised result of a particular food-discipline observance, presenting it as an example of how tapas yields elevated spiritual outcomes.