Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 153
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
तस्य चातमसो लोका गच्छत: परमां गतिम् । स्वलोके राजराज्येन सो5भिषिच्येत भार्गव
tasya cātamaso lokā gacchataḥ paramāṁ gatim | svaloke rājarājyena so ’bhiṣicyeta bhārgava ||
Vasiṣṭha said: “For him who proceeds to the highest goal, the worlds he attains are free from darkness—radiant realms of light. O Bhārgava, in his own heavenly sphere he is consecrated to sovereign kingship, even to the status of a king among kings.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous conduct that leads to the “supreme goal” is portrayed as yielding a luminous, darkness-free state and exalted honor; spiritual attainment is expressed through the imagery of radiant worlds and royal consecration.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a Bhārgava and describes the posthumous destiny of a meritorious person: he reaches radiant realms and is symbolically anointed to sovereign status in his own heavenly sphere.