Shloka 40
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
तस्या लोका: सहस्राक्ष सर्वकामसमन्विता: । न तत्र क्रमते मृत्युर्न जरा न च पावक:
tasyā lokāḥ sahasrākṣa sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ | na tatra kramate mṛtyur na jarā na ca pāvakaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，千眼者（因陀罗）啊，她的诸世界具足一切欲愿的圆满。在那里，死亡不得入内，衰老亦无从侵袭；甚至火也无能为力。此即所称无垢的福乐之境——依正法而得的报土，功德至极，遂脱离败坏与伤害。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an ideal reward-state attained through dharmic merit: a realm where all legitimate desires are fulfilled and the usual afflictions of embodied life—death, aging, and destructive forces like fire—cannot prevail. It underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethic that righteous conduct yields not only social harmony but also transcendent well-being.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing on dharma and its fruits. Here he addresses Indra (Sahasrākṣa) while describing the extraordinary nature of a blessed realm associated with ‘her’ (contextually a revered figure/realm), emphasizing its freedom from mortality and decay.