Shloka 21
Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas
विमुक्ता मानुषैर्देहेस्ततस्ता भर्तृभि: सह | समाजग्मुस्तदा साध्व्य: सर्वा एव विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! वहाँ वे सभी साध्वी स्त्रियाँ मनुष्य-शरीरसे छुटकारा पाकर अपने-अपने पतिके साथ जा मिलीं
vimuktā mānuṣair dehaiḥ tataḥ tā bhartṛbhiḥ saha | samājagmus tadā sādhvyaḥ sarvā eva viśāmpate prajānātha |
হে প্ৰজানাথ! তেতিয়া সেই সকলো সাধ্বী নাৰী মানৱ দেহৰ পৰা মুক্ত হৈ নিজ নিজ স্বামীৰ সৈতে মিলিত হ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical ideal of sādhvī/pativratā conduct—steadfast virtue and fidelity—framed within a worldview where moral and devotional integrity can culminate in release from mortal embodiment and reunion in a higher state.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that certain virtuous women, having cast off their human bodies, proceed to join their respective husbands—depicting a post-mortem transition and reunion consistent with the parva’s themes of withdrawal from worldly life and the destinies of those connected to the Kuru story.