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मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
वयोरूपविलासिन्यो लभते नात्र संशय: । वह कमलके समान वर्णवाले विमानपर चढ़ता है और वहाँ उसे श्यामवर्णा
vayorūpavilāsinyō labhate nātra saṁśayaḥ |
Sabi ni Bhīṣma: Tiyak na nakakamit ng gumawa nito ang mga dalagang makalangit na may alindog ng kabataan, kagandahan, at marikit na kilos—walang pag-aalinlangan dito. Sasakay siya sa isang vimāna na kulay gaya ng lotus; at doon ay matatamo niya ang mga devāṅganā—may mga maitim ang kutis at may mga maputi na tila ginto—na wari’y nasa gulang na labing-anim, nagniningning sa bagong sigla ng kabataan at kaakit-akit na anyo.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes certainty of karmic result: a commended deed yields a definite reward—here expressed as the attainment of heavenly maidens characterized by youth, beauty, and charm—stressing that moral causality is reliable (“no doubt”).
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and its fruits, describes the assured heavenly enjoyment that follows from a particular meritorious practice being discussed in the surrounding passage, concluding with the emphatic assurance that there is no uncertainty about this outcome.