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Shloka 94

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

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै जुद्धानो जातवेदसम्‌ | लोकमौशनसं दिव्यं शक्रलोकं॑ च गच्छति

sadā dvādaśa-māsān vai juhvāno jātavedasam | lokam auśanasaṁ divyaṁ śakra-lokaṁ ca gacchati ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ผู้ใดตลอดสิบสองเดือนเต็มถวายอาหุติลงในชาตเวทัส (อัคนี) อย่างไม่ขาดสาย ผู้นั้นย่อมถึงโลกอันรุ่งเรืองแห่งเอาษนะสะ และยังไปถึงโลกของศักระ (อินทรา) ด้วย”

सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
द्वादशtwelve
द्वादश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
मासान्months
मासान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
जुह्वानःoffering (in sacrifice), sacrificing
जुह्वानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु (जुहोति)
Formशानच् (present active participle, parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
लोकम्world
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
औशनसम्of Uśanas (Śukra); pertaining to Uśanas
औशनसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootऔशनस
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दिव्यम्divine
दिव्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शक्रलोकम्Śakra's world (Indra's heaven)
शक्रलोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशक्रलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गच्छतिgoes, attains
गच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, लट्, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
J
Jātavedas (Agni)
A
Auśanasa-loka (realm of Uśanas/Śukra)
Ś
Śakra (Indra)
Ś
Śakra-loka (Indra’s world)

Educational Q&A

Sustained, disciplined fire-offering (regular oblations to Agni over a full year) is presented as a dharmic practice that yields exalted spiritual results—attainment of higher celestial realms—highlighting the Mahābhārata’s linkage between ritual steadiness, merit, and posthumous destiny.

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he enumerates the fruits of specific religious observances. Here he states the reward for one who continually performs offerings to Agni for twelve months: reaching the divine Auśanasa realm and also Indra’s heaven (Śakra-loka).