Shloka 10
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
मुनि: पुराण: कौरव्य पाराशर्यों महाव्रत: । अगाथबुद्धि: सर्वज्ञो गतिज्ञ: सर्वकर्मणाम्
muniḥ purāṇaḥ kauravya pārāśaryo mahāvrataḥ | agāthabuddhiḥ sarvajño gatijñaḥ sarvakarmaṇām ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Spross der Kurus, der uralte Weise Vyāsa, Sohn des Parāśara—von großen Gelübden, von unergründlichem Geist, allwissend und kundig des letzten Ganges aller Taten—hat mir dies gesagt: Nachdem jene Helden die Früchte ihres Handelns erfahren hatten, gingen sie schließlich wieder in ihre ursprüngliche Gestalt ein. Und Bhīṣma, von mächtigem Glanz und höchster Strahlkraft, trat erneut in den Stand der Vasus ein.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions (karma) have definite outcomes (gati), and after those results are experienced, beings return to their intrinsic or original state; the verse frames this as a cosmic settling of accounts, witnessed and affirmed by the all-knowing sage Vyāsa.
Vaiśampāyana reports Vyāsa’s authoritative explanation of the heroes’ final destiny: having undergone the consequences of their deeds, they ultimately merge into their primordial identities; specifically, Bhīṣma is said to re-enter the divine class of the Vasus.