Shloka 11

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

Recognition and Explanation

Devanagari script

अखिल सहसा राजा प्रष्टमैच्छद्‌ युधिष्ठिर: । ततो<स्य भगवानिन्द्र: कथयामास देवराट्‌

Transliteration

akhilaṃ sahasā rājā praṣṭum aicchad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tato 'sya bhagavān indraḥ kathayāmāsa devarāṭ ||

Translation

Vua Yudhiṣṭhira bỗng muốn hỏi tường tận về mọi điều. Khi ấy, đức Indra khả kính, chúa tể chư thiên, liền bắt đầu giải bày tất cả cho ngài—giới thiệu và làm sáng tỏ từng việc trước cả khi câu hỏi được thốt ra, như một bậc dẫn đường từ bi cho người đang tìm hiểu đạo lý.

Word by Word

• अखिलम्: everything, the whole (matter)
• अखिलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रष्टुम्: to ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• ऐच्छत्: desired, wished
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अस्य: of him / to him (contextually: to him)
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथयामास: told, related
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय्
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देवराट्: the king of the gods
• देवराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Indra (Devarāṭ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic posture of inquiry: when faced with morally complex outcomes, Yudhiṣṭhira seeks clarification rather than assumption, and Indra responds proactively—suggesting that divine or wise guidance meets sincere ethical questioning.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa episode, Yudhiṣṭhira is about to ask comprehensive questions about what he is witnessing/learning; Indra, king of the gods, begins explaining the situation to him, effectively introducing and interpreting events and persons.