Shloka 27

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

मान्धाता यत्र राजर्षियत्र राजा भगीरथ: । दौष्यन्तिर्यत्र भरतस्तत्र त्वं विहरिष्यसि

Transliteration

māndhātā yatra rājarṣir yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ | dauṣyantir yatra bharatas tatra tvaṃ viharīṣyasi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Dort, wo der königliche Weise Māndhātṛ weilt, wo König Bhagīratha wohnt und wo Bharata, Sohn des Duṣyanta, zu finden ist—dort wirst auch du in Freude umherwandeln.“

Word by Word

• मान्धाता: Māndhātā
• मान्धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान्धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• राजर्षिः: royal sage
• राजर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगीरथः: Bhagīratha
• भगीरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दौष्यन्तिः: Duṣyanta's descendant (Dauṣyanti)
• दौष्यन्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौष्यन्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• भरतः: Bharata
• भरतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

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

• विहरिष्यसि: you will sport/roam/dwell happily
• विहरिष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + हृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Māndhātṛ
• Bhagīratha
• Bharata (son of Duṣyanta)
• Duṣyanta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that righteous, dharma-centered kingship and selfless service (like Bhagīratha’s austerity for the world) lead to exalted spiritual reward; the virtuous are said to dwell among and enjoy the company of exemplary rulers in higher realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a blessed destination—an exalted realm associated with renowned dharmic kings (Māndhātṛ, Bhagīratha, and Bharata)—assuring the addressed person that they will dwell and move happily there among such illustrious figures.