Shloka 32
Rāma’s Abhiṣeka Plan, Kaikeyī’s Boon, and the Initiation of the Exile
Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account
उवाच चैन विप्रर्षि विमान॑ कर्मभिर्जितम् । समुपारोह संसिद्धि प्राप्तोडसि परमां मुने,देवदूतने ब्रह्मर्षि मुदगलसे कहा--'मुने! यह विमान आपको शुभ कर्मोंसे प्राप्त हुआ है। इसपर बैठिये। आप परम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर चुके हैं!
uvāca caina viprarṣi vimānaṁ karmabhir jitam | samupāroha saṁsiddhiṁ prāpto 'si paramāṁ mune || devadūtena brahmarṣi mudgalase kathā— “mune! idaṁ vimānaṁ te śubhakarmabhiḥ prāptam; asmin upaviśa. tvaṁ paramāṁ siddhiṁ prāpto 'si.”
Vyāsa said: Then the divine messenger addressed the brahmarṣi Mudgala: “O sage, this celestial chariot has been won by your deeds. Ascend it. You have attained the highest perfection.” The moment frames liberation not as a gift of status, but as the moral fruit of sustained righteous action.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes karmaphala: sustained righteous deeds (śubha-karma) culminate in spiritual accomplishment (saṁsiddhi) and the ‘highest perfection’ (paramā siddhi). Attainment is portrayed as ethically earned rather than arbitrarily granted.
A divine messenger appears and invites the sage Mudgala to ascend a celestial vimāna, declaring that it has been obtained through his deeds and that he has reached the supreme state of accomplishment.