Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तप्तकाञ्चनवर्ण च विमान लभते नर: । देवस्त्रीणामधीवासे नृत्यगीतनिनादिते

Transliteration

taptakāñcanavarṇaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ | devastrīṇām adhīvāse nṛtyagītaninādite ||

Translation

บุรุษย่อมได้วิมานอันรุ่งเรืองดุจทองคำที่ถูกเผาให้ร้อน และได้พำนักในที่อยู่ของเหล่านางเทพอัปสร อันกึกก้องด้วยเสียงร่ายรำและขับร้อง

Word by Word

• तप्त: heated, molten
• तप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• काञ्चन-वर्णम्: golden-colored
• काञ्चन-वर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विमानम्: celestial car, aerial chariot
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देव-स्त्रीणाम्: of the divine women (apsarases)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अधीवासे: in the dwelling/abode
• अधीवासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधीवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नृत्य-गीत-निनादिते: resounding with dance and song
• नृत्य-गीत-निनादिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृत्य + गीत + निनादित (कृदन्त, निनद् → निनादित)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vimāna
• devastriyaḥ (celestial women)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethical logic of karma-phala: virtuous, meritorious living is said to yield exalted posthumous results—symbolized by a radiant vimāna and residence in a blissful celestial realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the fruits of good deeds. Here he describes a specific heavenly attainment—gaining a golden-lustred vimāna and dwelling amid celestial women in an abode filled with music and dance.