Shloka 10

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो लोकाश्षाप्यक्षयास्तव

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho lokāḥ śāpya(k)ṣayās tava

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «О Юдхиштхира могучерукий, нетленные миры предназначены тебе. О лев среди людей, о владыка — что было, то было. Ныне нет нужды терпеть новые страдания. Иди с нами. О сильнорукий, ты обрел великое совершенство и вместе с ним — достижение неувядающих обителей».

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अक्षयाः: imperishable
• अक्षयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• akṣaya-lokas (imperishable realms)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes acceptance and release: once events have unfolded, one should not cling to further self-inflicted suffering. Dharma is honored not only by endurance but also by knowing when the moral trial has reached its completion, allowing one to receive the rightful fruit—here, the ‘imperishable worlds’ earned through steadfastness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa (ascent to heaven) sequence, Yudhiṣṭhira is being addressed and reassured that he has attained exalted, imperishable realms. He is urged to stop further hardship and to proceed onward with the divine companions guiding him toward his final destination.