Shloka 9
स्थावरं जड़म॑ चैव जगत् सर्व सुरासुरम् । भारते भरतश्रेष्ठ एकस्थमिह दृश्यते
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
sthāvaraṃ jaḍaṃ caiva jagat sarvaṃ surāsuram |
bhārate bharataśreṣṭha ekastham iha dṛśyate, bharataśreṣṭha ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Wahai yang terbaik dalam keturunan Bharata, di sini dalam Mahābhārata ini terlihat seluruh alam semesta—para dewa dan asura—berhimpun di satu tempat: yang tidak bergerak dan yang tidak bernyawa, bahkan segala yang wujud. Dalam penglihatan penutup ini, epik menampilkan panorama dharma, di mana setiap tatanan makhluk berdiri berkumpul, seolah-olah menjadi saksi kepada perhitungan terakhir dharma dan takdir para Pāṇḍava.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the epic’s end as a universal moral theatre: all orders of existence—divine, demonic, living, and inert—are envisioned as present together, implying that dharma is not merely a human concern but a cosmic principle before which all stand as witnesses.
Vaiśampāyana addresses Janamejaya and describes a scene of comprehensive gathering: the whole world, including suras and asuras, appears as if assembled in one place—an epic device that heightens the sense that the concluding events of Svargārohaṇa are of universal significance.