Shloka 35

Bhāgīrathī-tīra-śauca, Kurukṣetra-gamana, and Śatayūpa-āśrama-dīkṣā (गङ्गातीरशौच–कुरुक्षेत्रगमन–शतयूपाश्रमदीक्षा)

Devanagari script

ततः स राजा टद्युतिमान्‌ स च सर्वो जनस्तदा । भीमसेनादयश्नैव परं॑ विस्मयमागता:

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rājā tadyutimān sa ca sarvo janas tadā | bhīmasenādayaś caiva paraṁ vismayam āgatāḥ ||

Translation

于是，那光辉的国王与当时在场的众人——毗摩塞那等——无不大为惊异。听闻毗度罗舍身之奇闻，持国王心中欢悦，继而对法王坚战说道：如今当受我所献之果、根与清水。

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'sa rājā': 'that king', 'tad-dyutimān': 'possessing that radiance

• radiant', 'sarvaḥ janaḥ': 'all the people', 'tadā': 'at that time', 'bhīmasena-ādayaḥ': 'Bhīmasena and the others', 'ca eva': 'and indeed/also', 'param': 'supreme, great', 'vismayam': 'astonishment, wonder', 'āgatāḥ': 'came to

• were seized by', 'deha-tyāga': 'abandoning the body

• death by yogic withdrawal (contextual)', 'adbhuta': 'marvelous, wondrous', 'samācāra': 'news, report', 'prasanna': 'pleased, serene', 'dharmarāja': 'the king of dharma (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'phala-mūla-jala': 'fruits, roots, and water (forest fare)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights reverence for extraordinary spiritual events (such as Vidura’s yogic departure) and underscores the ethic of simple, disciplined living in the forest—accepting modest sustenance (fruits, roots, water) with humility and dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing the astonishing news of Vidura’s death (deha-tyāga), Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the gathered people, including Bhīma, are filled with wonder. Dhṛtarāṣṭra then, pleased, addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and invites him to accept the simple forest offerings of fruits, roots, and water.