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Shloka 14

Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas

देवलोकं ययु: केचित्‌ केचित्‌ ब्रह्मसदस्तथा,कोई देवलोकमें गये, कोई ब्रह्मलोकमें, कुछ वरुणलोकमें पधारे और कुछ कुबेरके लोकमें। कितने ही नरेश भगवान्‌ सूर्यके लोकमें चले गये

devalokaṃ yayuḥ kecit kecid brahmasadas tathā | kecid varuṇalokaṃ ca kecit kuberalokam āyayuḥ | kati cid nṛpāḥ sūryalokam jagmuḥ ||

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「ある者は天界へ赴き、ある者はブラフマーの सभा(界)に至った。ある者はヴァルナの界へ、ある者はクベーラの界へと向かった。多くの王たちはまた、太陽神の界を得た。」

देवgod/divine
देव:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
लोकम्world/realm
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ययुःwent
ययुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थक धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Third, Plural
केचित्some (persons)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
केचित्some (others)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्रह्मBrahman/Brahmā
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्म
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सदःassembly/abode/court
सदः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसदस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाlikewise/so/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
Devaloka
B
Brahmā (Brahmaloka/Brahmasadas)
V
Varuṇa
V
Varuṇaloka
K
Kubera
K
Kuberaloka
S
Sūrya
S
Sūryaloka
N
nṛpāḥ (kings)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights karmic and dharmic fruition: after completing their worldly roles, individuals—especially rulers—attain different divine realms according to their merits, conduct, and the cosmic order they upheld.

The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes the posthumous destinations of various persons (notably kings), stating that some go to Devaloka, some to Brahmā’s assembly, others to Varuṇa’s or Kubera’s realms, and many to the Sun’s world.