Shloka 33
परिक्षिप्तं च बहुधा मणिविद्रुम भूषितम् । विमान समधिष्ठाय कामगं साप्सरोगणम्
parikṣiptaṃ ca bahudhā maṇi-vidruma-bhūṣitam | vimānaṃ samadhiṣṭhāya kāmagaṃ sāpsarogaṇam ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Adorned in many ways and lavishly embellished with jewels and coral, they mounted a celestial chariot—able to go wherever one wills—accompanied by a retinue of Apsarases. The scene underscores the Mahābhārata’s closing vision: the fruits of a life’s deeds are revealed not as human praise, but as the otherworldly consequences of dharma and merit.
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The verse highlights karmaphala in the epic’s concluding movement: the culmination of dharma and accumulated merit is portrayed as a tangible, otherworldly honor—divine conveyance and celestial company—rather than merely worldly recognition.
The narrator describes a richly ornamented, wish-moving celestial chariot (vimāna) and the presence of Apsarases, indicating an ascent-to-heaven setting where the protagonists are being received with divine splendor.