Shloka 19

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ विमाने सौवर्णे मणिस्तम्भसमाकुले । महाहें शयने दिव्ये शयानं भूगुनन्दनम्‌

Transliteration

tasmin vimāne sauvarṇe maṇistambhasamākule | mahāheṃśayane divye śayānaṃ bhṛgunandanam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“在那里，在那座金色的空中宫殿中，宝石嵌饰的柱廊林立；我看见婆利古的显赫后裔，卧于宏丽的天界宝榻之上。”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विमाने: in the aerial car/palace
• विमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौवर्णे: golden
• सौवर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मणि-स्तम्भ-समाकुले: filled with jewel-pillars
• मणि-स्तम्भ-समाकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणिस्तम्भसमाकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाहे: very great/large
• महाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शयने: on the bed/couch
• शयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शयानम्: lying/reclining
• शयानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (present participle)
• Root: शी (शे)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भृगु-नन्दनम्: the son/delight of Bhṛgu (i.e., Śukra)
• भृगु-नन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: भृगुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhṛgunandana (Bhārgava, likely Paraśurāma)
• vimāna (golden aerial palace)
• maṇistambha (jewel-pillars)
• divya śayana (divine couch/bed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores reverence for spiritually potent lineages (Bhārgavas) and conveys that extraordinary inner merit and tapas are mirrored by extraordinary surroundings; it frames ethical authority as something recognized and honored, not merely asserted.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a vision/scene: within a golden vimāna adorned with gem-pillars, he sees Bhṛgu’s descendant reclining on a splendid divine couch, emphasizing the figure’s exalted status.