प्रभासन्ती ज्वलन्तीव तेजसा स्वेन भारत ॥
ताम् उग्रतपसो यान्ति सुव्रताः सत्यवादिनः ॥
शान्ताः संन्यासिनः सिद्धाः पूताः पुण्येन कर्मणा ॥
सर्वे भास्वरदेहाश् च सर्वे च विरजोम्बराः ॥
चित्राङ्गदाश् चित्रमाल्याः सर्वे ज्वलितकुण्डलाः ॥
सुकृतैः कर्मभिः पुण्यैः परिबर्हैर् विभूषिताः ॥
prabhāsantī jvalantīva tejasā svena bhārata ||
tām ugratapaso yānti suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ ||
śāntāḥ saṃnyāsinaḥ siddhāḥ pūtāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā ||
sarve bhāsvaradehāś ca sarve ca virajombarāḥ ||
citrāṅgadāś citramālyāḥ sarve jvalitakuṇḍalāḥ ||
sukṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paribarhair vibhūṣitāḥ ||
"Shining, as though blazing with its own splendor, O Bharata; to it go fierce ascetics — true to their vows, speakers of truth, peaceful, renunciants, siddhas, purified by holy deeds, all with luminous bodies and in spotless garments, with colorful armlets and garlands, with blazing earrings, adorned with their good deeds as with ornaments."
1b899c54d88a · published Jul 16, 2026, 2:43:41 PM UTC
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Here it is said outright: they are "adorned with deeds, as with ornaments." It is significant that the true ornament of the righteous is not earrings and garlands but good deeds: by these, not by gold, the soul shines in the world above. Thus the scripture reveals good deeds as the true adornment; and further comes the heavenly joy of the hall.