Shloka 6
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
ददर्श राजा कौरव्यस्तान्यदृश्यानि चाभवन् । ततो वायु: सुखस्पर्श: पुण्यगन्धवह: शुचि:
dadarśa rājā kauravyas tāny adṛśyāni cābhavan | tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśaḥ puṇyagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ |
Then the Kuru king beheld those wondrous signs, and what had been unseen became manifest. Thereupon a pure wind arose—pleasant to the touch and bearing a sacred fragrance—suggesting an auspicious, otherworldly transition in which the righteous are gently guided beyond ordinary perception.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that for the righteous, the passage beyond ordinary life is marked by purity and auspiciousness: what is normally unseen becomes perceptible, and nature itself (a pure, fragrant breeze) signals a morally ordered cosmos where dharma bears elevating results.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Kuru king (Yudhiṣṭhira) begins to perceive extraordinary, previously invisible phenomena; immediately a clean, pleasantly touching wind carrying a sacred fragrance arises, indicating a divine or heavenly atmosphere accompanying the final ascent.