Shloka 8

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

Recognition and Explanation

Devanagari script

वायोर्मूर्तिमतः पाश्वें दिव्यमूर्तिसमन्वितम्‌ । श्रिया परमया युक्त सिद्धिं परमिकां गतम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vāyor mūrtimataḥ pārśve divyamūrtisamanvitam | śriyā paramayā yuktaṃ siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gatam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Rồi họ thấy Bhīmasena, mang thân tướng thần diệu, ngồi bên cạnh Vāyu hiện thân. Rực sáng với vinh quang tối thượng và đã đạt đến sự viên mãn cao nhất, Bhīma hiện ra trong trạng thái tôn quý—biểu thị kết quả trọn vẹn của sức mạnh và lòng kiên định khi được đặt đúng theo dharma.

Word by Word

• वायोः: of Vāyu
• वायोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मूर्तिमतः: of the embodied (one)
• मूर्तिमतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्तिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पार्श्वे: at the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिव्य-मूर्ति-समन्वितम्: endowed with a divine form
• दिव्य-मूर्ति-समन्वितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यमूर्तिसमन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• युक्तम्: endowed/possessed
• युक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सिद्धिम्: perfection, attainment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परमिकाम्: supreme (f.)
• परमिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमिका
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतम्: gone; having attained
• गतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīmasena
• Vāyu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea that steadfast strength and life-long commitment to dharma culminate in divine recognition and spiritual perfection (siddhi), portrayed as Bhīma’s exalted, radiant state beside his divine progenitor Vāyu.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the ascent to heaven, the seers behold Bhīmasena in a transformed, divine form, seated beside the embodied Wind-god Vāyu, shining with supreme splendor and having attained the highest spiritual accomplishment.