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

Vua xứ Kuru nhìn thấy những điềm lạ ấy, và điều vốn chưa hiện ra nay trở nên hiển lộ. Bấy giờ một luồng gió thanh tịnh nổi lên—êm dịu khi chạm vào, mang theo hương thơm của phúc đức.

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.