Shloka 41

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

Devanagari script

पुण्डरीकप्रकाशं च विमानं लभते नर: । दीप्तसूर्याग्नितेजोभिर्दिव्यमालाभिरेव च

Transliteration

puṇḍarīkaprakāśaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ | dīptasūryāgnitejobhir divyamālābhir eva ca ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Người ấy đạt được một cỗ thiên xa, rực sáng như hoa sen trắng, bừng cháy với uy quang của mặt trời và lửa, lại được trang sức bằng những vòng hoa thần diệu.

Word by Word

• पुण्डरीकप्रकाशम्: lotus-like in radiance / having lotus-like brightness
• पुण्डरीकप्रकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्डरीक-प्रकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• विमानम्: celestial car; aerial chariot
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीप्तसूर्याग्नितेजोभिः: with splendors like the blazing sun and fire
• दीप्तसूर्याग्नितेजोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्त-सूर्य-अग्नि-तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दिव्यमालाभिः: with divine garlands
• दिव्यमालाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-माला
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vimāna
• puṇḍarīka (white lotus)
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Agni (Fire)
• divya-mālā (divine garlands)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharmic, merit-producing conduct leads to honored, luminous posthumous attainments—depicted as receiving a radiant celestial vimāna and divine garlands—signifying purity, divine favor, and elevated destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva, he describes the फल (result) of a praised practice or virtue: the person is welcomed in the next world with a lotus-bright celestial vehicle, blazing like sun and fire, and adorned with heavenly garlands.