Shloka 8
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
साध्या रुद्रास्तथा55दित्या ये चान्येडपि दिवौकस: । सर्वे तत्र समाजग्मु: सिद्धाश्व॒ परमर्षय:
sādhyā rudrās tathā ādityā ye cānye 'pi divaukasaḥ | sarve tatra samājagmuḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: The Sādhyas, the Rudras, the Ādityas, and other celestial beings too—all of them assembled there; and the Siddhas as well, along with the supreme seers. The scene underscores a moment of cosmic witness, where the highest orders of beings gather to behold and affirm the moral and spiritual culmination of the narrative.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the culmination of a dharmic life is not merely personal but cosmic in significance: the highest celestial and perfected beings gather as witnesses, implying that moral and spiritual outcomes are recognized and affirmed by the larger order of the universe.
A great celestial assembly forms: the Sādhyas, Rudras, Ādityas, other heaven-dwellers, Siddhas, and supreme seers all come together at that place, indicating an extraordinary moment connected with the final ascent and resolution of the epic’s events.