Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 15

स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven

Triviṣṭapa

Devanagari script

स एष क्षत्रधर्मेण स्थानमेतदवाप्तवान्‌ | भये महति यो5भीतो बभूव पृथिवीपति:

Transliteration

sa eṣa kṣatradharmeṇa sthānam etad avāptavān | bhaye mahati yo 'bhīto babhūva pṛthivīpatiḥ ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ព្រះមហាក្សត្រនេះបានឈានដល់ស្ថានភាពនេះ តាមច្បាប់ធម៌ក្សត្រិយៈ។ នៅកណ្ដាលភ័យខ្លាំង ព្រះអង្គមិនបានបាត់បង់សេចក្តីក្លាហានឡើយ; ដោយនៅឥតភ័យ ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃផែនដីបានឈ្នះស្ថានៈនេះ»។

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रधर्मेण: by/according to the kshatriya-duty
• क्षत्रधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• स्थानम्: place, station
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्तवान्: having obtained, attained
• अवाप्तवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Perfect participle (past active participle, -वत्), Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• भये: in fear, in danger
• भये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महति: great
• महति: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभीतः: unafraid
• अभीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• पृथिवीपतिः: lord of the earth, king
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Duryodhana (implied by the accompanying Gītā Press gloss)
• kṣatriya-dharma
• sthāna (the attained realm/state)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames posthumous attainment as linked to svadharma: a kṣatriya who stands firm and fearless amid great danger, fulfilling the warrior’s duty, is said to gain an exalted ‘station’ (sthāna).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Svargārohaṇa, Vaiśaṃpāyana explains why a particular king (understood in context as Duryodhana) has obtained a high realm/state: he faced tremendous peril without fear and thus, by kṣatriya-dharma, attained that destination.