Shloka 45
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
दैवानि स व्यूहशतानि सप्त रक्तो हरिद्रोडथ तथैव शुक्ल: । संश्रित्य संधावति शुक्लमेत- मष्टावरानर्च्यतमान् स लोकान्
daivāni sa vyūhaśatāni sapta rakto haridro ’tha tathaiva śuklaḥ | saṃśritya saṃdhāvati śuklam etad aṣṭāvarān arcayatamān sa lokān ||
毗湿摩阐明：具身者为先前福德之力所驱，次第取受诸天之形与身——先为赤色，继而姜黄般的金黄，复为清净白色，如具微妙成就身的圣贤。依此诸天身之次第，它游行于自“地界”（Bhū）起的诸最高世界，礼敬其间主宰之神力；继而迅疾前往，抵达至净的梵天世界（Brahma-loka）。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical conduct and accumulated merit (puṇya) determine the soul’s post-mortem ascent: the jīva takes progressively purer divine embodiments, honors the presiding powers of higher realms, and by the momentum of past virtue reaches the purified Brahma-world.
Bhishma describes a graded journey of the jīva through a sequence of divine forms (red, golden, white) and through the highest worlds beginning with Bhū and onward, culminating in swift entry into Brahmaloka due to the force of prior merit.