Shloka 23

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादात्‌ सदा शैल ब्राह्मणा: क्षत्रिया विश: । स्वर्ग प्राप्ताश्चरन्ति सम देव: सह गतव्यथा:,“गिरिराज! तुम्हारे कृपाप्रसादसे सदा कितने ही ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय और वैश्य स्वर्गमें जाकर व्यथारहित हो देवताओंके साथ विचरते हैं

Transliteration

tvatprasādāt sadā śaila brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ | svargaṃ prāptāś caranti samaṃ devaiḥ saha gatavyathāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O mountain, by your gracious favor, many Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas continually attain heaven and, freed from suffering, move about there in the company of the gods.”

Word by Word

त्वत्-प्रसादात्from your favor/grace

सदाalways

शैलO mountain

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins

क्षत्रियाःKshatriyas

विशःVaishyas / the common people (of the third varna)

स्वर्गम्heaven

प्राप्ताःhaving attained / having reached

चरन्तिthey roam / they move about

समम्together / along with

देवैःwith the gods

सहwith

गत-व्यथाःfree from suffering (whose pain has gone)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śaila (the mountain addressed)

Brāhmaṇas

Kṣatriyas

Viś/Vaiśyas

Svarga

Devas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that sacred places or revered beings can become instruments of spiritual uplift: through their ‘prasāda’ (grace), people of different social duties (varṇas) may attain heavenly reward and freedom from suffering, highlighting the ethical value of reverence, right conduct, and merit-bearing association.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the episode, addresses a mountain and praises its beneficent power: because of that mountain’s favor, many people—Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaiśyas—reach heaven and dwell there happily with the gods, free from affliction.