Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तत्र शंखपताके द्वे युगान्तं कल्पमेव च । अयुतायुतं तथा पद्म समुद्र च तथा वसेत्‌,वह व्रतधारी पुरुष दो शंख, दो पताका (महापद्मय), एक कल्प एवं एक चतुर्युग तथा दस करोड़ एवं चार पद्म वर्षोतक ब्रह्मलोकमें निवास करता है

Transliteration

tatra śaṅkha-patāke dve yugāntaṁ kalpam eva ca | ayutāyutaṁ tathā padma samudraṁ ca tathā vaset ||

Translation

وہاں وہ و्रतधاری مرد نہایت طویل مدت تک قیام کرتا ہے—دو ‘شنکھ’ اور دو ‘پتاکا’ کے ادوار، پھر ‘یوگانْت’، ‘کلپ’، ‘ایوتایوت’، ‘پدم’ اور ‘سمندر’—یعنی برہملوک میں غیر معمولی دراز سکونت، جو اس کے پابندِ عہد دھرم کا پھل ہے۔

Word by Word

तत्रthere

शङ्खपताकेconch and banner (two items as a pair)

द्वेtwo

युगान्तम्the end of an age (yuga-end)

कल्पम्a kalpa (aeon)

एवindeed/just

चand

अयुतायुतम्ten-thousand times ten-thousand (a very large number)

तथाlikewise/also

पद्मम्padma (a very large number; also 'lotus')

समुद्रम्ocean; (as a number-name) 'samudra'

चand

तथाalso/likewise

वसेत्would dwell / should dwell

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Brahmaloka

Śaṅkha (numerical/time unit)

Patākā (numerical/time unit)

Yugānta

Kalpa

Ayutāyuta

Padma

Samudra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that steadfast observance of vows (vrata-dharma) yields immense spiritual merit, symbolized by extraordinarily long residence in Brahmaloka measured in traditional vast numerical/time units.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction in Anuśāsana Parva by describing the fruits of a vow-observant life, listing grand cosmological measures of time to convey the magnitude of the reward.