Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
गन्धर्वैर्गीतकुशलैरप्सरोभिश्व शोभितम् । विमान॑ सुकृतावासं सुखेनैवोपपद्यते
Transliteration
vaishampāyana uvāca | gandharvair gītakuśalair apsarobhiś ca śobhitam | vimānaṃ sukṛtāvāsaṃ sukhenaivopapadyate ||
Translation
गीत में कुशल गन्धर्वों और अप्सराओं से शोभित वह विमान—जो सुकृत का आवास है—उसके पास सहज ही आ उपस्थित होता है।
Word by Word
गन्धर्वैःby Gandharvas
गन्धर्वैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
गीतकुशलैःskilled in singing
गीतकुशलैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootगीतकुशल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अप्सरोभिःby Apsarases
अप्सरोभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअप्सरस्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शोभितम्adorned/beautified
शोभितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशोभित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विमानम्celestial car (vimana)
विमानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविमान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सुकृतावासम्abode of the meritorious (of good deeds)
सुकृतावासम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसुकृतावास
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सुखेनwith ease/pleasantly
सुखेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उपपद्यतेattains/comes to (is obtained)
उपपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप√पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaG
GandharvasA
ApsarasesV
VimānaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Meritorious action (sukṛta) bears fitting results: a blessed state is not arbitrary but arises as the natural consequence of dharmic conduct, depicted here as an effortlessly attained heavenly abode.
The narrator describes a splendid vimāna, beautified by celestial singers (Gandharvas) and nymphs (Apsarases), arriving/being obtained as a reward—signaling the protagonist’s transition toward a heavenly realm in the Svargārohaṇa episode.