Shloka 6

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

ददर्श राजा कौरव्यस्तान्यदृश्यानि चाभवन्‌ । ततो वायु: सुखस्पर्श: पुण्यगन्धवह: शुचि:

Transliteration

dadarśa rājā kauravyas tāny adṛśyāni cābhavan | tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśaḥ puṇyagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ |

Translation

కౌరవ రాజు ఆ అద్భుత లక్షణాలను చూశాడు; అదృశ్యమైనవీ ప్రత్యక్షమయ్యాయి. అప్పుడు సుఖస్పర్శమయమైన, పుణ్యసుగంధాన్ని మోసుకొచ్చే శుద్ధ వాయువు వీచింది।

Word by Word

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कौरव्यः: the Kaurava (king)
• कौरव्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• अदृश्यानि: invisible (things)
• अदृश्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

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

• अभवन्: became / were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सुखस्पर्शः: having pleasant touch
• सुखस्पर्शः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखस्पर्श
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुण्यगन्धवहः: carrying sacred fragrance
• पुण्यगन्धवहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यगन्धवह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kauravya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Vāyu (wind)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that for the righteous, the passage beyond ordinary life is marked by purity and auspiciousness: what is normally unseen becomes perceptible, and nature itself (a pure, fragrant breeze) signals a morally ordered cosmos where dharma bears elevating results.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Kuru king (Yudhiṣṭhira) begins to perceive extraordinary, previously invisible phenomena; immediately a clean, pleasantly touching wind carrying a sacred fragrance arises, indicating a divine or heavenly atmosphere accompanying the final ascent.