Shloka 9
स्थावरं जड़म॑ चैव जगत् सर्व सुरासुरम् । भारते भरतश्रेष्ठ एकस्थमिह दृश्यते,भरतश्रेष्ठ।! यहाँ महाभारतमें रुद्र, साध्य, सनातन विश्वेदेव, सूर्य, अश्विनीकुमार, लोकपाल, महर्षि, गुह्मक, गन्धर्व, नाग, विद्याधर, सिद्ध, धर्म, स्वयम्भू ब्रह्मा, श्रेष्ठ मुनि कात्यायन, पर्वत, समुद्र, नदियाँ, अप्सराओंके समुदाय, ग्रह, संवत्सर, अयन, ऋतु, सम्पूर्ण चराचर जगत्, देवता और असुर--ये सब-के-सब एकत्र हुए देखे जाते हैं
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
sthāvaraṃ jaḍaṃ caiva jagat sarvaṃ surāsuram |
bhārate bharataśreṣṭha ekastham iha dṛśyate, bharataśreṣṭha ||
Vaiśampāyana said: O best of the Bharatas, here in this Mahābhārata one sees the entire universe—both the gods and the asuras—gathered together in a single place: the immovable and the inert, and indeed all that exists. In this culminating vision, the epic presents a moral panorama in which every order of being stands assembled, as if to witness the final reckoning of dharma and the destiny of the Pāṇḍavas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the epic’s end as a universal moral theatre: all orders of existence—divine, demonic, living, and inert—are envisioned as present together, implying that dharma is not merely a human concern but a cosmic principle before which all stand as witnesses.
Vaiśampāyana addresses Janamejaya and describes a scene of comprehensive gathering: the whole world, including suras and asuras, appears as if assembled in one place—an epic device that heightens the sense that the concluding events of Svargārohaṇa are of universal significance.