Shloka 10

Svargārohaṇa-parva, Adhyāya 4 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vision of the Celestial Assembly

Recognition and Explanation

Devanagari script

तथा ददर्श पाज्चालीं कमलोत्पलमालिनीम्‌ | वपुषा स्वर्गमाक्रम्य तिष्ठन्तीमर्कवर्चसम्‌

Transliteration

tathā dadarśa pāñcālīṃ kamalotpalamālinīm | vapuṣā svargam ākramya tiṣṭhantīm arkavarcasaṃ ||

Translation

Rồi ông trông thấy Draupadī, công chúa xứ Pāñcāla, được trang sức bằng những vòng hoa sen và hoa súng. Nhờ hào quang của chính thân thể thần diệu, nàng như lan tỏa và lấn át cả cõi trời, đứng đó với vẻ rực rỡ tựa Mặt Trời—báo hiệu sự viên mãn của lòng kiên định và trật tự đạo lý tôn vinh sự chịu đựng cùng liêm chính sau khổ nạn.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• पाञ्चालीम्: Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• पाञ्चालीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कमलोत्पलमालिनीम्: wearing a garland of lotuses and water-lilies
• कमलोत्पलमालिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल-उत्पल-मालिन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वपुषा: by (her) body/beauty, by (her) form
• वपुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आक्रम्य: having overstepped/covered, having dominated
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund, -ya), Parasmaipada (sense)

• तिष्ठन्तीम्: standing, remaining
• तिष्ठन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्कवर्चसम्: having the radiance of the sun
• अर्कवर्चसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क-वर्चस्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāñcālī (Draupadī)
• Svarga (heaven)
• Arka (Sun)
• kamala (lotus)
• utpala (water-lily)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores karmic fruition and dharmic vindication: one who has endured hardship with steadfastness and integrity is ultimately honored, here symbolized by Draupadī’s sun-like radiance in Svarga.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargarohana episode, the narrator describes a vision of Draupadī in heaven—garlanded with lotuses, standing in divine brilliance that seems to pervade and outshine the celestial realm.