Shloka 7

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

मरुत: सह शक्रेण वसवश्चाश्चिनौ सह

Transliteration

marutaḥ saha śakreṇa vasavaś cāśvinau saha

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：摩鲁特众与释迦（因陀罗）同在，诸婆苏亦在，双阿湿毗尼亦在场。

Word by Word

• मरुतः: the Maruts (storm-gods)
• मरुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• शक्रेण: with Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्विनौ: the Aśvins (twin gods)
• अश्विनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Maruts
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vasus
• Aśvins

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that the final reckoning of human life—especially of dharmic struggle and its consequences—is not merely social or personal but cosmic: the gods stand as witnesses, implying that dharma is upheld within a larger moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa context, a divine gathering is being described: Indra (Śakra) arrives accompanied by the Maruts, the Vasus, and the twin Aśvins, signaling a celestial reception and the presence of major deities at the culmination of the protagonists’ journey.