Shloka 100

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

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु मिताहारो जितेन्द्रिय: । वायोरुशनसश्लैव रुद्रलोक॑ च गच्छति

Transliteration

sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu mitāhāro jitendriyaḥ | vāyor uśanasaś caiva rudra-lokaṁ ca gacchati ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Người suốt mười hai tháng giữ ăn uống điều độ và chế ngự các căn sẽ đạt những cảnh giới cao quý sau khi chết—đến cõi của Vāyu, đến cảnh giới gắn với Uśanas (Śukra), và cả thế giới của Rudra.”

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• द्वादश: twelve
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: (agrees with मासान्) Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मिताहारः: one of measured diet
• मिताहारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिताहार
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• वायोः: of Vayu / of the Wind-god
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Genitive; Number: Singular

• उशनसः: of Ushanas (Shukra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशनस्
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Genitive; Number: Singular

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

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• रुद्रलोकम्: the world of Rudra
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रलोक
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

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

• गच्छति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Tense: Present; Person: 3rd; Number: Singular; Pada: Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vāyu
• Uśanas (Śukra)
• Rudra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained self-discipline—especially moderation in eating (mitāhāra) and mastery over the senses (jitendriya)—is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that yields elevated spiritual results and auspicious posthumous attainments.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and conduct. Here he states the merit gained by a year-long regimen of controlled diet and sense-restraint, describing the lofty realms such a practitioner is said to reach.