Shloka 12
Svargārohaṇa-parva, Adhyāya 4 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vision of the Celestial Assembly
Recognition and Explanation
श्रीरेषा द्रौपदीरूपा त्वदर्थे मानुषं गता । अयोनिजा लोककान्ता पुण्यगन्धा युधिछ्टिर
śrīreṣā draupadīrūpā tvadarthe mānuṣaṃ gatā | ayonijā lokakāntā puṇyagandhā yudhiṣṭhira ||
യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! ഈ ശ്രീദേവി തന്നെയാണ് ദ്രൗപദിയുടെ രൂപം ധരിച്ചു നിന്റെ നിമിത്തം മനുഷ്യലോകത്തിലേക്ക് വന്നത്. അവൾ അയോനിജ, ലോകപ്രിയ, പുണ്യഗന്ധം പരത്തുന്ന—മംഗളശക്തിയുടെ പ്രത്യക്ഷാവതാരം.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Draupadī not merely as a human queen but as Śrī—auspicious fortune and sacred power—suggesting that righteous kingship and dharma are supported by divine auspiciousness. It also implies that extraordinary persons may enter human history for a moral purpose, reinforcing the Mahābhārata’s theme that dharma operates through both human effort and providence.
In Svargārohaṇa, as the final events are being recounted, Vaiśampāyana speaks to Yudhiṣṭhira, identifying Draupadī’s true nature: she is Śrī who assumed human form for his sake. Her miraculous birth (ayonijā) and auspicious qualities are highlighted to interpret her life and role among the Pāṇḍavas as divinely significant.