Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 473
Devanagari script
दिव्यनारीगणाकीर्णो निवसत्यमरो यथा । दिव्य रथों और विमानोंपर आरूढ़ हो नाना प्रकारके लोकोंमें विचरता और दिव्य नारियोंसे घिरा हुआ देवताकी भाँति वहाँ निवास करता है
Transliteration
divyanārīgaṇākīrṇo nivasaty amaro yathā |
Translation
वैशम्पायन उवाच— दिव्यनारीगणाकीर्णोऽमरो यथा तत्र निवसति। दिव्यरथैर्विमानैश्चारूढो नानालोकान् विचरति, दिव्यनारीभिः परिवृतो देव इव तत्र वसति।
Word by Word
दिव्यdivine
दिव्य:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नारीगणgroup of women
नारीगण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनारीगण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
आकीर्णःsurrounded, thronged
आकीर्णः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआकीर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निवसतिdwells, resides
निवसति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनिवस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
अमरःan immortal; a god
अमरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअमर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas, like
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaC
celestial women (divya-nārī-gaṇa)I
immortal/deity (amara)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
The verse underscores the doctrine of karmic fruition: righteous conduct and accumulated merit can lead to exalted heavenly experience, portrayed as divine movement and residence among celestial beings.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a figure enjoying a heavenly state—traveling through various worlds in divine vehicles and residing like a god, surrounded by celestial women.