Shloka 26

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

उपर्युपरि राज्ञां हि तव लोका युधिष्छिर । हरिश्वन्द्रसमा: पार्थ येषु त्वं विहरिष्यसि

Transliteration

uparyupari rājñāṁ hi tava lokā yudhiṣṭhira | hariścandrasamāḥ pārtha yeṣu tvaṁ viharīṣyasi ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „O Yudhiṣṭhira, Sohn der Pṛthā, die Welten, die dir zuteilwurden, sind wahrlich höher als die Welten anderer Könige—gleich denen, die König Hariścandra erlangte. In jenen erhabenen Reichen, o Pārtha, wirst du wohnen und umherwandeln.“

Word by Word

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• उपरि: above (again); higher and higher
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• राज्ञाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तव: your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हरिश्वन्द्र: Hariścandra
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिश्वन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• समाः: equal to/like
• समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• येषु: in which
• येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• विहरिष्यसि: you will roam/enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + हृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Hariścandra
• Pārtha (epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct and steadfast adherence to dharma culminate in exalted spiritual reward: Yudhiṣṭhira’s attained realms are portrayed as surpassing those of other kings, comparable to the famed merit of Hariścandra.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa episode, Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates the outcome of Yudhiṣṭhira’s journey and trials: he is assured of superior heavenly worlds, likened to the celebrated attainment of King Hariścandra, where he will dwell.