Shloka 6

Devanagari script

निक्षिप्य मानुषं देहं गतास्ते भरतर्षभ | अनेन त्वं शरीरेण स्वर्गे गन्ता न संशय:,भरतभूषण! वे मानवशरीरका परित्याग करके स्वर्गमें गये हैं; किंतु तुम इसी शरीरसे वहाँ चलोगे, इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

nikṣipya mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ gatās te bharatarṣabha | anena tvaṃ śarīreṇa svarge gantā na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Śakra dit : «Ô taureau parmi les Bhārata, eux sont allés au ciel après avoir quitté le corps humain. Mais toi, parure et gloire de la lignée Bhārata, tu iras au ciel avec ce même corps ; il n’y a nul doute.»

Word by Word

निक्षिप्यhaving cast off / abandoning

मानुषम्human

देहम्body

गताःgone

तेthey

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

अनेनwith this

त्वम्you

शरीरेणby/with (your) body

स्वर्गेto/in heaven

गन्ताwill go / is to go

नnot

संशयःdoubt

भरतभूषणO ornament of the Bharatas

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakra (Indra)

Bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts ordinary post-mortem ascent (reaching heaven after abandoning the human body) with an exceptional, divinely affirmed reward: the righteous person may be granted bodily ascent, underscoring the extraordinary fruit of steadfast dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, explaining that the others have reached heaven after leaving their bodies, while Yudhiṣṭhira is assured entry into heaven in the same body, marking his unique culmination of the great journey.