Shloka 93

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

विना सिद्धगतिं वीर गतिरत्र न विद्यते | देवलोकस्य मार्गोड्यमगम्यो मानुषै: सदा,वीर! सिद्ध पुरुषोंक सिवा और किसीकी यहाँ गति नहीं है। यह देवलोकका मार्ग है, जो मनुष्योंके लिये सदा अगम्य है

Transliteration

vinā siddhagatiṁ vīra gatir atra na vidyate | devalokasya mārgo ’yam agamyo mānuṣaiḥ sadā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O hero, apart from those who have attained the perfected path, no one has any passage here. This is the road to the world of the gods, and it remains forever inaccessible to ordinary human beings.”

Word by Word

विनाwithout, except

सिद्धगतिम्the perfected course/attainment (siddha-gati)

वीरO hero

गतिःpath, movement, access

अत्रhere

नnot

विद्यतेexists, is found

देवलोकस्यof the world of the gods (heaven)

मार्गःpath, way

उद्यमeffort, undertaking

अगम्यःinaccessible, not to be reached

मानुषैःby humans

सदाalways

वीरO hero

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devaloka

Siddhas

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Access to higher, divine realms is not achieved by mere human effort or status; it requires siddhi—spiritual perfection attained through disciplined practice and purity. The verse underscores ethical-spiritual qualification over worldly identity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana explains to an addressed ‘hero’ that the route being discussed is a divine path leading to Devaloka, and that ordinary humans cannot traverse it; only perfected beings (Siddhas) have the capacity to proceed.