Shloka 1246

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

Devanagari script

मनो5भिरामा मधुरा रमयन्ति मदोत्कटा: । उस विमानमें अप्सराएँ भरी रहती हैं

Transliteration

mano'bhirāmā madhurā ramayanti madotkaṭāḥ | tasmin vimāne apsarāḥ pūrṇāḥ santi, gandharvagītānāṃ madhuradhvaninā sa vimānaḥ pratidhvanati | tasmin vimāne divyābharaṇavibhūṣitāḥ śubhalakṣaṇasampannāḥ mano'bhirāmāḥ madamattāḥ madhurabhāṣiṇyaś ca ramaṇyo naraṃ taṃ ramayanti |

Translation

毗湿摩描绘那天界飞车：其中充满阿普萨罗，且常以乾闼婆的歌声妙乐回响不绝。车内诸女佩戴天界宝饰，具足吉相，摄人心神，欢喜陶然，言语柔美，令彼人沉浸于娱悦之中。此段彰显天福之诱人，乃功德之报；亦含蓄告诫：乐受只是果报，并非达摩之究竟。

Word by Word

• मनोऽभिरामाः: pleasing to the mind, charming (women)
• मनोऽभिरामाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोऽभिराम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मधुराः: sweet, pleasant
• मधुराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• रमयन्ति: they delight, entertain
• रमयन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Active, Lat

• मदोत्कटाः: intoxicated/excited with passion (high with mada)
• मदोत्कटाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदोत्कट
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• vimāna
• apsarāḥ
• gandharvāḥ
• gandharva-gītāni
• divyābharaṇāni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents heavenly enjoyment as a result of accumulated merit: dharmic action yields pleasing fruits, depicted as celestial music, beauty, and delight. At the same time, it implies an ethical hierarchy—pleasure is a consequence of dharma, not its substitute.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is describing a celestial vimana associated with a meritorious man: it is filled with apsarases, echoes with gandharva music, and contains divinely adorned, auspicious, sweet-speaking women who entertain him.