Shloka 1
Adhyāya 3: Indra’s Invitation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Refusal to Abandon the Dog
Svargārohaṇa Test
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत गहाप्रस्थानिकपर्वमें द्रौपदी आदिका पतनविषयक दूसरा अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ २ ॥ अपन क्ाा छा अर: तृतीयो<थध्याय: इन्द्र और धर्म आदिके साथ वार्तालाप, बिक बने धर्ममें दृढ़ रहना तथा सदेह स्वर्गमें जाना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः सन्नादयन् शक्रो दिवं भूमिं च सर्वश: । रथेनोपययोौ पार्थमारोहेत्यब्रवीच्च तम्,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर आकाश और पृथ्वीको सब ओरसे प्रतिध्वनित करते हुए देवराज इन्द्र रथके साथ युधिष्ठिरके पास आ पहुँचे और उनसे बोले --'कुन्तीनन्दन! तुम इस रथपर सवार हो जाओ'
vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ sannādayan śakro divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | rathenopayayau pārtham ārohety abravīc ca tam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then Śakra (Indra), making heaven and earth resound on every side, approached Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira) with his chariot and said to him, “Mount this chariot.” The moment frames a decisive ethical transition: the righteous king is invited to proceed onward, not by human power, but under divine summons that acknowledges steadfast dharma at life’s end.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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The verse underscores that unwavering dharma is ultimately recognized and upheld by the cosmic order: the righteous person’s final passage is not merely personal achievement but a divinely affirmed culmination of ethical steadfastness.
After the preceding events of the great journey, Indra arrives with a chariot, filling heaven and earth with reverberation, and directly commands Yudhiṣṭhira (called Pārtha) to mount the chariot—initiating the next stage toward heaven.