Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

तप्तकाञ्चनवर्ण च विमान लभते नर: । देवस्त्रीणामधीवासे नृत्यगीतनिनादिते

Transliteration

taptakāñcanavarṇaṃ ca vimānaṃ labhate naraḥ | devastrīṇām adhīvāse nṛtyagītaninādite ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Một người sẽ đạt được cỗ xe bay cõi trời, rực sáng như vàng nung, và được cư ngụ giữa các thiên nữ—nơi vang dội tiếng múa và lời ca.

Word by Word

• तप्त: heated, molten
• तप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• काञ्चन-वर्णम्: golden-colored
• काञ्चन-वर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

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

• देव-स्त्रीणाम्: of the divine women (apsarases)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अधीवासे: in the dwelling/abode
• अधीवासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधीवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नृत्य-गीत-निनादिते: resounding with dance and song
• नृत्य-गीत-निनादिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृत्य + गीत + निनादित (कृदन्त, निनद् → निनादित)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vimāna
• devastriyaḥ (celestial women)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethical logic of karma-phala: virtuous, meritorious living is said to yield exalted posthumous results—symbolized by a radiant vimāna and residence in a blissful celestial realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the fruits of good deeds. Here he describes a specific heavenly attainment—gaining a golden-lustred vimāna and dwelling amid celestial women in an abode filled with music and dance.