Shloka 33

Devanagari script

परिक्षिप्तं च बहुधा मणिविद्रुम भूषितम्‌ । विमान समधिष्ठाय कामगं साप्सरोगणम्‌

Transliteration

parikṣiptaṃ ca bahudhā maṇi-vidruma-bhūṣitam | vimānaṃ samadhiṣṭhāya kāmagaṃ sāpsarogaṇam ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ— ସେହି (ବିମାନ/ଧାମ) ନାନା ପ୍ରକାରେ ସୁଶୋଭିତ, ମଣି ଓ ବିଦ୍ରୁମ (ପ୍ରବାଳ) ଦ୍ୱାରା ଭୂଷିତ ଥିଲା। ଅପ୍ସରାଗଣ ସହିତ ସେମାନେ ଇଚ୍ଛାନୁସାରେ ଗମନ କରିପାରୁଥିବା ସେହି ବିମାନରେ ଆରୋହଣ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• परिक्षिप्तम्: strewn/scattered around
• परिक्षिप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-क्षिप् (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बहुधा: in many ways/abundantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• मणि-विद्रुम-भूषितम्: adorned with gems and coral
• मणि-विद्रुम-भूषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूषित (भूष् + क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विमानम्: celestial chariot/air-car
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समधिष्ठाय: having mounted/ascended
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अधि-स्था (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• कामगम्: moving at will
• कामगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स-अप्सरः-गणम्: a troop accompanied by Apsarases
• स-अप्सरः-गणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• vimāna
• Apsarogaṇa (Apsarases)
• maṇi (jewels)
• vidruma (coral)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights karmaphala in the epic’s concluding movement: the culmination of dharma and accumulated merit is portrayed as a tangible, otherworldly honor—divine conveyance and celestial company—rather than merely worldly recognition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a richly ornamented, wish-moving celestial chariot (vimāna) and the presence of Apsarases, indicating an ascent-to-heaven setting where the protagonists are being received with divine splendor.