Shloka 22

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

कृच्छू पूर्व चानुभूय इत:प्रभूति कौरव । विहरस्व मया साथे गतशोको निरामय:,“कुरुनन्दन! पहले कष्टका अनुभव करके अबसे तुम मेरे साथ रहकर रोग-शोकसे रहित हो स्वच्छन्द विहार करो

Transliteration

kṛcchū pūrva cānubhūya itaḥprabhūti kaurava | viharasva mayā sāthe gataśoko nirāmayaḥ ||

Translation

“O son of Kuru, having first endured hardship, from this time onward dwell with me and roam freely—free from sorrow and free from disease.”

Word by Word

कृच्छम्hardship, distress

पूर्वम्formerly, first

चand

अनुभूयhaving experienced

इतःfrom here; hence

प्रभूतिonwards, from now on

कौरवO Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

विहरस्वsport, roam, enjoy yourself

मयाwith me / by me

साथेtogether, in company

गतशोकःone whose sorrow has departed; free from grief

निरामयःfree from disease; healthy

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

After suffering has been borne and its results exhausted, one may attain a state of freedom from grief and illness; the verse frames this as a consoling assurance of well-being and release, consistent with the Mahābhārata’s emphasis on the fruition and cessation of karmic hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a Kaurava, telling him that having already experienced prior hardship, he should now remain together and move about freely, being free from sorrow and disease—an assurance situated in the Svargārohaṇa context of transition beyond worldly suffering.