Shloka 4
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm
यदि लोकानिमान_ प्राप्तास्ते च सर्वे महारथा: । स्थितं वित्त हि मां देवा: सहित तैर्महात्मभि:
yadi lokān imān prāptās te ca sarve mahārathāḥ | sthitaṃ vitta hi māṃ devāḥ sahitās tair mahātmabhiḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “If those great chariot-warriors have indeed attained these worlds, and if all of them are here, then know this for certain: the gods have kept me here together with those great-souled ones.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yudhiṣṭhira frames the vision of the afterlife in ethical terms: the presence of the noble heroes is taken as a sign of divine order. The verse emphasizes trust in a higher moral governance (devas) and the idea that rightful persons are gathered according to their deeds and stature.
In Svargārohaṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira is encountering heavenly realms and the company of great warriors. He reasons that if these heroes have reached these worlds and are present, then the gods have intentionally placed him among them, confirming his situation and the divine arrangement of the scene.