Shloka 135
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
Devanagari script
विप्रुषश्चैव यावन्त्यो निपतन्ति नभस्तलातू
Transliteration
vipruṣaś caiva yāvantyo nipatanti nabhastalāt
Translation
ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ดุจหยาดละอองน้อยนับไม่ถ้วนที่ร่วงหล่นลงมาจากพื้นฟ้า…”
Word by Word
विप्रुषःdrops (of water)
विप्रुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्रुष्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
यावन्त्यःas many as
यावन्त्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
निपतन्तिfall down
निपतन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-पत्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
नभस्तलात्from the surface of the sky
नभस्तलात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनभस्तल
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaD
droplets (vipruṣaḥ)S
sky (nabhas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse opens a simile: innumerable small causes and actions, like countless droplets, accumulate and inevitably ‘descend’ as results—supporting Bhīṣma’s ethical instruction that outcomes follow conduct in accordance with dharma.
Bhīṣma is speaking in a didactic section of the Anuśāsana Parva, introducing an illustrative comparison (droplets falling from the sky) to frame a broader moral point in the surrounding verses.