Shloka 15

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

वेदैश्वतुर्भि: सुप्रीता: प्राप्तुवन्ति दिवौकस:

Transliteration

vedaiś caturbhiḥ suprītāḥ prāptuvanti divaukasaḥ

Translation

Nārada said: “Delighted and fully satisfied through the four Vedas, the dwellers of heaven attain their celestial state.” The line underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethical premise that disciplined learning and faithful adherence to sacred knowledge are regarded as meritorious causes leading to higher worlds.

Word by Word

• वेदैः: by/with the Vedas
• वेदैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुप्रीताः: well-pleased, highly satisfied
• सुप्रीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राप्तुवन्ति: attain, obtain, reach
• प्राप्तुवन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven; gods
• दिवौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman, Atharvan)
• Divaukasaḥ (celestial beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links reverent engagement with the four Vedas to spiritual merit: sacred knowledge, when properly upheld, is portrayed as a cause for attaining higher realms, reinforcing the Mahābhārata’s emphasis on dharma grounded in śāstra.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is speaking and makes a general doctrinal statement: celestial beings are described as those who, being pleased through the four Vedas, attain heaven—serving as a moral-religious reflection within the broader war narrative of Droṇa Parva.