Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः कुबेरभवनं गान्धारीसहितो नृपः । प्रयाता धृतराष्ट्रोड्यं राजराजाभिसत्कृत:,उसके समाप्त होनेपर ये राजा धृतराष्ट्र गान्धारीके साथ कुबेरके लोकमें जायँगे और वहाँ राजाधिराज कुबेरसे सम्मानित हो इच्छानुसार चलनेवाले विमानपर बैठकर दिव्य वस्त्राभूषणोंसे विभूषित हो देव, गन्धर्व तथा राक्षसोंके लोकोंमें स्वेच्छानुसार विचरते रहेंगे। ऋष्िपुत्र महाभाग धर्मात्मा धृतराष्ट्रके सारे पाप इनकी तपस्याके प्रभावसे भस्म हो जायाँगे। राजन! तुम मुझसे जो बात पूछ रहे थे, उसका उत्तर यही है

Transliteration

tataḥ kuberabhavanaṃ gāndhārīsahito nṛpaḥ | prayātā dhṛtarāṣṭro ’dyaṃ rājarājābhisatkṛtaḥ ||

Translation

ततः कुबेरभवनं गान्धारीसहितो नृपः । प्रयाता धृतराष्ट्रोऽद्यं राजराजाभिसत्कृतः ॥

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

कुबेर-भवनम्the abode of Kubera

गान्धारी-सहितःaccompanied by Gandhari

नृपःthe king

प्रयातःhaving gone / departed

धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra

उद्यम्upwards / to the higher region

राज-राज-अभिसत्कृतःhonoured by the king of kings (Kubera)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Gāndhārī

Kubera

Kubera’s abode (Kuberabhavana)

Devas

Gandharvas

Rākṣasas

Vimāna (wish-moving aerial car)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes that sincere tapas (austerity and disciplined renunciation) can purify past wrongdoing: even a king burdened by grave moral failures may have his pāpa ‘burned away’ through dharmic resolve, leading to an elevated posthumous state.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada foretells Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s future: accompanied by Gāndhārī, he will reach Kubera’s realm, be honoured by Kubera, ride a wish-moving vimāna, and freely traverse celestial worlds—signifying the fruition of his ascetic life in the forest.