Shloka 38
Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians
Book 3, Chapter 42
पप्रच्छ मातलिं प्रीत्या स चाप्येनममुवाच ह । एते सुकृतिन:ः पार्थ स्वेषु धिष्ण्येष्ववस्थिता:
papraccha mātaliṁ prītyā sa cāpy enam amuvāca ha | ete sukṛtinaḥ pārtha sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣv avasthitāḥ ||
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—อรชุนถามมาตลีด้วยความเอ็นดู; มาตลีก็ตอบเขาว่า—“โอ้ ปารถะ คนเหล่านี้เป็นผู้มีบุญกุศล ต่างสถิตอยู่ ณ ตำแหน่งสวรรค์ที่กำหนดไว้ของตนๆ”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous deeds (sukṛta) lead to fitting results: the meritorious attain and remain in appropriate heavenly stations, emphasizing moral causality and the ordered distribution of rewards.
A character (addressed as Pārtha) questions Mātali with warmth; Mātali answers by identifying certain beings as meritorious and explaining that they are established in their respective celestial abodes.