Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सेवितं चाप्सर: सड्घैर्गन्धर्वैर्देविचारिभि: । विमानं समधिष्ठाय श्रिया परमया ज्वलन्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

sevitaṃ cāpsaraḥ-saṅghair gandharvair divicāribhiḥ |

vimānaṃ samadhiṣṭhāya śriyā paramayā jvalan, bhārata! |

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا— اپسراؤں کے گروہوں اور آسمان میں گردش کرنے والے گندھروؤں کی خدمت میں گھرا ہوا وہ دیویہ وِمان پر چڑھ کر اس پر متمکن ہوا؛ اے بھارت، وہ اعلیٰ ترین شان و شوکت سے دہک کر روشن ہو اٹھا۔

Word by Word

• सेवितम्: served/attended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (√सेव्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अप्सरः: by apsarases
• अप्सरः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सङ्घैः: by groups/companies
• सङ्घैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्घ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गन्धर्वैः: by gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• देविचारिभिः: by those moving among the gods (celestial wanderers)
• देविचारिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देविचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विमानम्: celestial chariot/air-car
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समधिष्ठाय: having mounted/ascended
• Type: Verb
• Root: समधिष्ठाय (सम् + अधि + √स्था)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• श्रिया: with splendor/beauty
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमया: supreme, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ज्वलन्: shining, blazing
• ज्वलन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत् (√ज्वल्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (addressee)
• Apsarases
• Gandharvas
• Vimāna (celestial vehicle)
• Heaven (divi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces the Mahābhārata’s moral economy: righteous conduct and accumulated merit are portrayed as yielding exalted posthumous states, symbolized by radiant splendor and honor from celestial beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a meritorious person being honored in heaven—attended by Apsarases and Gandharvas—mounting a divine vimāna and shining with supreme brilliance.