Shloka 10
Svargārohaṇa-parva, Adhyāya 4 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vision of the Celestial Assembly
Recognition and Explanation
तथा ददर्श पाज्चालीं कमलोत्पलमालिनीम् | वपुषा स्वर्गमाक्रम्य तिष्ठन्तीमर्कवर्चसम्,तदनन्तर उन्होंने कमलोंकी मालासे अलंकृत पाज्चालराजकुमारी द्रौपदीको देखा जो अपने तेजस्वी स्वरूपसे स्वर्गलोकको अभिभूत करके विराज रही थीं। उनकी दिव्य कान्ति सूर्यदेवकी भाँति प्रकाशित हो रही थी
tathā dadarśa pāñcālīṃ kamalotpalamālinīm | vapuṣā svargam ākramya tiṣṭhantīm arkavarcasaṃ ||
Then he beheld Draupadī, the Pāñcāla princess, adorned with garlands of lotuses and water-lilies. By the radiance of her own divine form she seemed to pervade and outshine the very realm of heaven, standing there with a splendor like that of the Sun—signaling the fruition of her steadfastness and the moral order that honors endurance and integrity after suffering.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic fruition and dharmic vindication: one who has endured hardship with steadfastness and integrity is ultimately honored, here symbolized by Draupadī’s sun-like radiance in Svarga.
In the Svargarohana episode, the narrator describes a vision of Draupadī in heaven—garlanded with lotuses, standing in divine brilliance that seems to pervade and outshine the celestial realm.