Shloka 10
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
तत्र सा विप्रहायाथ पूर्वरूपं हि योगतः । अबिभ्रदनवद्याड्री रूपमन्यदनुत्तमम्
tatra sā viprahāyātha pūrvarūpaṃ hi yogataḥ | abibhrad anavadyāḍrī rūpam anyad anuttamam ||
तब उसने योगबल से अपना पूर्व रूप त्याग दिया और अनुत्तम, परम सुन्दर दूसरा रूप धारण किया; उसके अनिन्द्य अंग-प्रत्यंग सौन्दर्य से दीप्त हो उठे।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights yogic mastery as a disciplined power enabling transformation and swift movement; ethically, it implies that inner attainment (yoga) can transcend ordinary bodily limitations, and that one may relinquish an earlier identity/form to assume a higher, more fitting state.
A woman, using yogic power, abandons her previous body/form and takes on a supremely beautiful new form; then she travels with great speed and reaches Mithilā, the capital of Videha.