Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 16

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

यथैव त्वं तथा भीमस्तथा पार्थो यमौ तथा

Transliteration

yathaiva tvaṃ tathā bhīmas tathā pārtho yamau tathā

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“你如何，毗摩亦如何；帕尔塔亦然，双子亦复如是。”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed; exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यमौ: the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• यमौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhīma
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Yamau (Nakula and Sahadeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line stresses parity and shared condition among the Pāṇḍavas—no one is exempt or singled out; the brothers stand together in the same state, underscoring solidarity and equal participation in the consequences of their path.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, as narrator, identifies that the same situation applies to the addressed person and to Bhīma, Arjuna (Pārtha), and the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva), grouping the brothers together as a single unit within the unfolding events of Svargārohaṇa.