Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌ | सरस्वती गोपयानो ब्रह्मचर्य समाचरन्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | sadā dvādaśa-māsān vai juhmāno jātavedasam | sarasvatīṁ gopayāno brahmacaryaṁ samācaran |

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Người nào suốt trọn mười hai tháng không ngừng dâng lễ hiến vào lửa thiêng Agni Jātavedas, tiết chế lời nói và thực hành brahmacarya—đồng thời vĩnh viễn từ bỏ vòng hoa, hương chiên-đàn, mật ong và thịt—sẽ đạt đến các cõi của Marut và của Indra.

Word by Word

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

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• जुह्मानः: offering (oblation), sacrificing
• जुह्मानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति)
• Form: Participle: present active; Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Gender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• सरस्वतीम्: speech / Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Gender: feminine; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• गोपयन्: guarding, restraining
• गोपयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुप् (गोपायति)
• Form: Participle: present active; Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: celibacy, brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Gender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular

• समाचरन्: practising, observing
• समाचरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (सम्+आ+चरति)
• Form: Participle: present active; Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Sarasvatī (speech/Vāk)
• Maruts
• Indra
• Indraloka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained ritual discipline (daily fire-offerings), control of speech, and strict brahmacarya—supported by renunciation of sensual/ritual luxuries—are presented as powerful dharmic practices that generate merit leading to exalted heavenly attainments (Marut-world and Indra’s world).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a specific year-long regimen of sacrifice and self-control and states its फल (result): the practitioner gains access to the celestial realms associated with the Maruts and Indra.