Shloka 40
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
एवमुक्त: स राजर्षिस्तव पूर्वपितामह: । जगाम सह धर्मेण सर्वैक्ष त्रिदिवालयै:
evam uktaḥ sa rājarṣis tava pūrva-pitāmahaḥ | jagāma saha dharmeṇa sarvaiś ca tridivālayaiḥ, janamejaya |
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ജനമേജയ! ധർമ്മൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, നിന്റെ പൂർവ്വപിതാമഹനായ രാജർഷി (യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ) ധർമ്മനോടും സ്വർഗ്ഗവാസികളായ സർവ്വ ദേവന്മാരോടും കൂടി പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that steadfast dharma is not merely an abstract rule but a guiding presence: the righteous king, as a rājarṣi, moves forward in the company of Dharma itself and the heavenly order, suggesting that ethical integrity culminates in spiritual elevation and rightful passage beyond the human condition.
Vaiśampāyana narrates to Janamejaya that Yudhiṣṭhira, the listener’s forefather, having been addressed, departs accompanied by Dharma and the celestial beings. In the immediate narrative flow of this section, he proceeds to the sacred divine river, bathes, and then abandons his mortal body.