Shloka 43

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वैर्गीतकुशलैरप्सरोभिश्व शोभितम्‌ । विमान॑ सुकृतावासं सुखेनैवोपपद्यते

Transliteration

vaishampāyana uvāca | gandharvair gītakuśalair apsarobhiś ca śobhitam | vimānaṃ sukṛtāvāsaṃ sukhenaivopapadyate ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。歌に巧みなガンダルヴァとアプサラスにより荘厳されたその天上のヴィマーナは、善業の果として与えられた住処であり、安らかに、たやすく彼のもとへと現れる。

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वैः: by Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गीतकुशलैः: skilled in singing
• गीतकुशलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीतकुशल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अप्सरोभिः: by Apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शोभितम्: adorned/beautified
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विमानम्: celestial car (vimana)
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुकृतावासम्: abode of the meritorious (of good deeds)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृतावास
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुखेन: with ease/pleasantly
• सुखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• उपपद्यते: attains/comes to (is obtained)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप√पद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases
• Vimāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Meritorious action (sukṛta) bears fitting results: a blessed state is not arbitrary but arises as the natural consequence of dharmic conduct, depicted here as an effortlessly attained heavenly abode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a splendid vimāna, beautified by celestial singers (Gandharvas) and nymphs (Apsarases), arriving/being obtained as a reward—signaling the protagonist’s transition toward a heavenly realm in the Svargārohaṇa episode.