Shloka 136
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
Devanagari script
मासोपवासी वर्षैस्तु दशभि: स्वर्गमुत्तमम्
Transliteration
māsopavāsī varṣais tu daśabhiḥ svargam uttamam
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“若有人每月持斋，持续十年不辍，便能到达至高天界。”
Word by Word
मासोपवासीone who fasts for a month (monthly faster)
मासोपवासी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमासोपवासी (प्रातिपदिक; उपवासी < उपवस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वर्षैःby/with years
वर्षैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उत्तमम्highest, excellent
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaS
Svarga (heaven)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Sustained self-discipline—specifically, the long-term observance of a regular fasting vow—generates great merit and is presented as a powerful dharmic practice leading to an exalted posthumous state (uttama svarga).
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma is enumerating the fruits of particular vows and austerities; here he states the specific result of observing a monthly fast continuously for ten years.