Mahabharata 3.37.35 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 37, Shloka 35

Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

विश्वेदेवांस्तथा साध्याञ्छान्त्यर्थ भरतर्षभ । स्वस्ति ते<स्त्वान्तरिक्षेभ्य: पार्थिवेभ्यश्वु भारत

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

viśvedevāṁs tathā sādhyān śānty-arthaṁ bharatarṣabha |

svasti te 'stv āntarikṣebhyaḥ pārthivebhyaś ca śu bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Stier unter den Bhāratas, um des Friedens willen rufe ich die Viśvedevas und die Sādhyas an. Heil und Wohlergehen sei dir beschieden — von den Wesen der mittleren Sphäre und von denen auf Erden, o Bhārata.“

Word by Word

• विश्वे: the All-gods (Viśvedevas)
• विश्वे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (विश्‍व)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवान्: gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• साध्यान्: the Sādhyas (a class of deities)
• साध्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शान्ति-अर्थम्: for the sake of peace
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भरत-ऋषभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वस्ति: well-being; auspiciousness
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• अस्तु: may it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (असँ)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• अन्तरिक्षेभ्यः: from the beings of the mid-region/sky
• अन्तरिक्षेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• पार्थिवेभ्यः: from earthly (beings)
• पार्थिवेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• अशु: quickly; at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशु

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Viśvedevas
• Sādhyas
• Bharata lineage (address: Bharatarṣabha/Bhārata)
• Antarikṣa (mid-region/atmosphere)
• Pṛthivī (earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models a dharmic practice of seeking peace and welfare through auspicious invocation—recognizing that harmony depends on blessings and support from both celestial and earthly spheres, and that one should begin actions with śānti and svasti.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana offers a formal benediction, invoking Vedic divine collectives (the Viśvedevas and Sādhyas) and extending wishes of well-being from atmospheric and earthly beings, framing the surrounding events under a ritual tone of peace and protection.