Shloka 12

Svargārohaṇa-parva, Adhyāya 4 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vision of the Celestial Assembly

Recognition and Explanation

Devanagari script

श्रीरेषा द्रौपदीरूपा त्वदर्थे मानुषं गता । अयोनिजा लोककान्ता पुण्यगन्धा युधिछ्टिर

Transliteration

śrīreṣā draupadīrūpā tvadarthe mānuṣaṃ gatā | ayonijā lokakāntā puṇyagandhā yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “This very Śrī (Fortune/Prosperity), taking the form of Draupadī, came into human life for your sake, O Yudhiṣṭhira. Unborn from a womb, beloved of the worlds, and fragrant with sanctity, she was (indeed) a manifestation of auspicious power.”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: fortune; goddess Śrī
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौपदी-रूपा: having the form of Draupadī
• द्रौपदी-रूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रौपदी + रूप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वदर्थे: for your sake; for your purpose
• त्वदर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मानुषम्: human (state/condition)
• मानुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गता: gone; having assumed
• गता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अयोनिजा: not womb-born; born without a womb
• अयोनिजा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + योनिज
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लोक-कान्ता: beloved/beautiful of the world
• लोक-कान्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + कान्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्य-गन्धा: of holy fragrance; sweet-smelling with merit
• पुण्य-गन्धा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + गन्ध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī (Lakṣmī/Prosperity)
• Draupadī
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames Draupadī not merely as a human queen but as Śrī—auspicious fortune and sacred power—suggesting that righteous kingship and dharma are supported by divine auspiciousness. It also implies that extraordinary persons may enter human history for a moral purpose, reinforcing the Mahābhārata’s theme that dharma operates through both human effort and providence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Svargārohaṇa, as the final events are being recounted, Vaiśampāyana speaks to Yudhiṣṭhira, identifying Draupadī’s true nature: she is Śrī who assumed human form for his sake. Her miraculous birth (ayonijā) and auspicious qualities are highlighted to interpret her life and role among the Pāṇḍavas as divinely significant.