Shloka 29
Adhyāya 3: Indra’s Invitation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Refusal to Abandon the Dog
Svargārohaṇa Test
“अपने यश, तेज और सदाचाररूप सम्पत्तिसे तीनों लोकोंको आवृत करके अपने भौतिक शरीरसे स्वर्गलोकमें आनेका सौभाग्य पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरकके सिवा और किसी राजाको प्राप्त हुआ हो, ऐसा हमने कभी नहीं सुना है ।। तेजांसि यानि दृष्टानि भूमिछेन त्वया विभो । वेश्मानि भुवि देवानां पश्यामूनि सहस्रश:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: apane yaśa, teja aura sadācāra-rūpa sampatti se trīṇi lokāni āvṛtya sva-bhautika-śarīreṇa svargaloke āgantuṁ saubhāgyaṁ Pāṇḍu-nandana Yudhiṣṭhiraṁ vinā anyasya kasyacid rājñaḥ prāptaṁ syāt—iti vayaṁ kadācana na śuśruma. tejāṁsi yāni dṛṣṭāni bhūmi-sthena tvayā vibho, veśmāni bhuvi devānāṁ paśya amūni sahasraśaḥ.
Vaiśampāyana said: We have never heard of any king other than Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pāṇḍu, who—having covered the three worlds with the wealth of his fame, splendor, and righteous conduct—was granted the rare fortune of reaching heaven in his very physical body. O mighty one, behold now, in countless numbers, those radiances you have seen while still on earth—these are the celestial dwellings of the gods upon this path.
वैशम्पायन उवाच