Shloka 48

Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant

Devanagari script

तत्र ते दिव्यसंस्थाना दिव्यमाल्यधरा: शिवा: । प्रयान्ति पुण्यगंधाढ्या धृतराष्ट्रो न तत्र वै

Transliteration

tatra te divyasaṁsthānā divyamālyadharāḥ śivāḥ | prayānti puṇyagandhāḍhyā dhṛtarāṣṭro na tatra vai ||

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ଦିବ୍ୟରୂପଧାରୀ, ଦିବ୍ୟମାଳାଭୂଷିତ, ଶିବମୟ ଏବଂ ପୁଣ୍ୟସୁଗନ୍ଧରେ ପରିପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସତ୍ତ୍ୱମାନେ ଆଗକୁ ପ୍ରୟାଣ କରନ୍ତି; କିନ୍ତୁ ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର ସେଠାକୁ ଯାଆନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिव्य-संस्थानाः: having divine forms/figures
• दिव्य-संस्थानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यसंस्थान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिव्य-माल्य-धराः: wearing divine garlands
• दिव्य-माल्य-धराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यमाल्यधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिवाः: auspicious/benign
• शिवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रयान्ति: go forth/proceed
• प्रयान्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (प्र + या)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• पुण्य-गन्ध-आढ्याः: rich in holy fragrance
• पुण्य-गन्ध-आढ्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यगन्धाढ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• divyamālya (heavenly garlands)
• puṇyagandha (sacred fragrance)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Merit (puṇya) leads beings toward auspicious destinations, while a person burdened by moral failure and neglected duty may be excluded; the verse underscores ethical consequence and the responsibility of rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra describes a scene in which auspicious, divine-form beings adorned with heavenly garlands and sacred fragrance proceed onward to a higher realm, while he states that he himself does not go there.