Shloka 10
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
तत्र सा विप्रहायाथ पूर्वरूपं हि योगतः । अबिभ्रदनवद्याड्री रूपमन्यदनुत्तमम्
tatra sā viprahāyātha pūrvarūpaṃ hi yogataḥ | abibhrad anavadyāḍrī rūpam anyad anuttamam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「そこで彼女はヨーガの力によって旧い身を捨て、無上にすぐれた別の姿をまとった。四肢は非の打ちどころなき美で輝き、麗しい眉をもつ蓮華眼の乙女は矢のごとき速さで進み、たちまちヴィデーハ国の都ミティラーに到った。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights yogic mastery as a disciplined power enabling transformation and swift movement; ethically, it implies that inner attainment (yoga) can transcend ordinary bodily limitations, and that one may relinquish an earlier identity/form to assume a higher, more fitting state.
A woman, using yogic power, abandons her previous body/form and takes on a supremely beautiful new form; then she travels with great speed and reaches Mithilā, the capital of Videha.