Shloka 32
Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra
एवमुत्तमकर्माणमनुशिष्य युधिष्ठटिरम् । श्वेतं गिरिवरश्रेष्ठ प्रययौं गुह्ुकाधिप:,इस प्रकार उत्तम कर्म करनेवाले युधिष्ठिरको उपदेश देकर यक्षराज कुबेर गिरिश्रेष्ठ कैलासको चले गये
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
evam uttama-karmāṇam anuśiṣya yudhiṣṭhiram |
śvetaṁ girivara-śreṣṭhaṁ prayayau guhyakādhipaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Having thus instructed Yudhiṣṭhira—who was devoted to the highest forms of righteous action—the lord of the Guhyakas (Kubera), departed for Śveta, the foremost of mountains (Kailāsa). The verse underscores that true counsel culminates in renewed commitment to dharma, after which the divine instructor returns to his own abode.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the highest dharma is learned through disciplined instruction and then lived through ‘uttama-karman’—exemplary conduct. The divine teacher (Kubera) affirms Yudhiṣṭhira’s orientation to righteous action and leaves after completing the moral guidance.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kubera, having given counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira, departs to Śveta—the श्रेष्ठ mountain identified in context with Kailāsa—signaling the close of a didactic encounter and a return to the divine realm.