Shloka 59

Devanagari script

कामगेन विमानेन स वै चरति छन्‍्दत: । शक्रलोकगत: श्रीमान्‌ मोदते च निरामय:,वह इन्द्रलोकमें जाकर नीरोग और दिव्य शोभासे सम्पन्न हो आनन्द भोगता है और इच्छानुसार चलनेवाले विमानके द्वारा स्वच्छन्द विचरता रहता है

Transliteration

kāmagena vimānena sa vai carati chandataḥ | śakralokagataḥ śrīmān modate ca nirāmayaḥ ||

Translation

مہیشور نے کہا—“شکر (اِندر) کے لوک میں پہنچ کر وہ صاحبِ شان اور بے مرض ہو کر مسرور رہتا ہے۔ محض خواہش سے چلنے والے وِمان پر سوار ہو کر وہ آزادی سے گھومتا پھرتا ہے۔”

Word by Word

कामगेनby the wish-moving (at will)

विमानेनby/with the aerial car

सःhe

वैindeed

चरतिmoves/roams

छन्दतःat will, as he pleases

शक्रलोकगतःgone to Śakra's world (Indra's heaven)

श्रीमान्splendid, endowed with prosperity

मोदतेrejoices, enjoys

चand

निरामयःfree from disease, healthy

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahēśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Śakra (Indra)

Śakraloka / Indraloka (Indra’s heaven)

Vimāna (celestial aerial car)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a karmic-ethical principle: righteous merit culminates in elevated states—health, splendor, joy, and freedom—symbolized by residence in Indra’s heaven and travel in a desire-driven vimāna.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara describes the posthumous condition of a meritorious person: he reaches Indra’s realm, remains free from illness, delights in heavenly enjoyment, and roams freely in a celestial chariot that moves according to his wish.