Shloka 35

Bhāgīrathī-tīra-śauca, Kurukṣetra-gamana, and Śatayūpa-āśrama-dīkṣā (गङ्गातीरशौच–कुरुक्षेत्रगमन–शतयूपाश्रमदीक्षा)

Devanagari script

ततः स राजा टद्युतिमान्‌ स च सर्वो जनस्तदा । भीमसेनादयश्नैव परं॑ विस्मयमागता:,विदुरजीके देहत्यागका यह अद्भुत समाचार सुनकर तेजस्वी राजा धृतराष्ट्र तथा भीमसेन आदि सब लोगोंको बड़ा विस्मय हुआ। इसके बाद राजाने प्रसन्न होकर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिससे कहा--'बेटा! अब तुम मेरे दिये हुए इस फल-मूल और जलको ग्रहण करो

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rājā tadyutimān sa ca sarvo janas tadā | bhīmasenādayaś caiva paraṁ vismayam āgatāḥ ||

Translation

ततः स राजा तद्युतिमान् स च सर्वो जनस्तदा। भीमसेनादयश्चैव परं विस्मयमागताः॥

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'sa rājā': 'that king', 'tad-dyutimān': 'possessing that radiance

• radiant', 'sarvaḥ janaḥ': 'all the people', 'tadā': 'at that time', 'bhīmasena-ādayaḥ': 'Bhīmasena and the others', 'ca eva': 'and indeed/also', 'param': 'supreme, great', 'vismayam': 'astonishment, wonder', 'āgatāḥ': 'came to

• were seized by', 'deha-tyāga': 'abandoning the body

• death by yogic withdrawal (contextual)', 'adbhuta': 'marvelous, wondrous', 'samācāra': 'news, report', 'prasanna': 'pleased, serene', 'dharmarāja': 'the king of dharma (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'phala-mūla-jala': 'fruits, roots, and water (forest fare)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights reverence for extraordinary spiritual events (such as Vidura’s yogic departure) and underscores the ethic of simple, disciplined living in the forest—accepting modest sustenance (fruits, roots, water) with humility and dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing the astonishing news of Vidura’s death (deha-tyāga), Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the gathered people, including Bhīma, are filled with wonder. Dhṛtarāṣṭra then, pleased, addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and invites him to accept the simple forest offerings of fruits, roots, and water.