Shloka 34

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

सोदर्येषु विनष्टेषु द्रौपद्या तत्र भारत । श्वरूपधारिणा तत्र पुनस्त्व॑ मे परीक्षित:

Transliteration

sodaryeṣu vinaṣṭeṣu draupadyā tatra bhārata | śvarūpadhāriṇā tatra punas tvāṃ me parīkṣitaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“噢，婆罗多啊，当你的亲兄弟们连同德罗帕蒂都在那里亡故之后，我又一次化作一条狗来考验你。在那次试炼中，你同样坚定不移。”

Word by Word

• सोदर्येषु: among (your) brothers
• सोदर्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोदर्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विनष्टेषु: having perished / when (they) were destroyed
• विनष्टेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• द्रौपद्या: with/along with Draupadi
• द्रौपद्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्व-रूप-धारिणा: by (me) assuming the form of a dog
• श्व-रूप-धारिणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्व-रूप-धारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

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

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• परीक्षितः: were tested / examined
• Type: Verb
• Root: परीक्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Bhārata)
• Draupadī
• the Pāṇḍava brothers
• dog (as assumed form)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is shown not by success or reward but by unwavering ethical conduct—especially compassion and fidelity to one’s commitments—even when one stands alone after loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Draupadī and the Pāṇḍava brothers have fallen on the final journey, Yudhiṣṭhira is subjected to another moral test: the divine examiner takes the form of a dog to assess his steadfastness, and Yudhiṣṭhira passes.