Shloka 4
Svargārohaṇa-parva, Adhyāya 4 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vision of the Celestial Assembly
Recognition and Explanation
उपास्यमानं वीरेण फाल्गुनेन सुवर्चसा । तथास्वरूपं कौन्तेयो ददर्श मधुसूदनम,अत्यन्त तेजस्वी वीरवर अर्जुन भगवानकी आराधनामें लगे हुए हैं। कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्ठिरने भगवान् मधुसूदनका उसी स्वरूपमें दर्शन किया इति श्रीमहाभारते स्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि द्रौपद्यादिस्वस्वस्थानगमने चतुर्थो5ध्याय: ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
upāsyamānaṃ vīreṇa phālgunena suvarcasā |
tathā-svarūpaṃ kaunteyo dadarśa madhusūdanam ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—جب تابناک ہیرو فالغُن (ارجن) مدھوسودن کی عبادت میں مشغول تھا، تب کُنتی پُتر یُدھشٹھِر نے بھگوان کو اسی روپ میں دیدار کیا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that sincere worship and inner radiance (purity, steadfastness) lead to divine revelation: the righteous witness the divine presence directly, suggesting that dharma fulfilled and devotion sustained culminate in grace and spiritual vision.
Arjuna is absorbed in worship of Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana). In that context, Yudhiṣṭhira (Kaunteya) beholds Kṛṣṇa in the same manifested form, marking a climactic moment of divine encounter in the Svargārohaṇa sequence.