Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

दिव्ययानविमानेषु लोकेषु विविधेषु च

Transliteration

divyayānavimāneṣu lokeṣu vividheṣu ca

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：（他们）显现于天界车乘之中，亦在种种世界之间——此乃对身后秩序的提示：众生随其业行，各得不同天界与不同的行旅之途。

Word by Word

• दिव्ययानविमानेषु: in divine aerial chariots/aircraft
• दिव्ययानविमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्ययानविमान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: in worlds/realms
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विविधेषु: various, diverse
• विविधेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• vimāna (celestial vehicle)
• loka (worlds/realms)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the Mahābhārata’s moral cosmology: beings experience different post-death destinations and modes of travel (realms and celestial vehicles) in accordance with karma and dharma, highlighting an ordered ethical universe rather than random reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa context, the narrator points to the vision/description of divine conveyances and multiple heavenly realms, situating the characters’ final journey within a broader panorama of celestial worlds.