Shloka 7
कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः
Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth
एवं स्वेनाग्निना राजा समायुक्तो महीपते । मा शोचिथास्त्वं नृपतिं गत: स परमां गतिम्
evaṁ svenāgninā rājā samāyukto mahīpate | mā śocithās tvaṁ nṛpatiṁ gataḥ sa paramāṁ gatim, pṛthvīnātha ||
Nārada said: “O lord of the earth, the king has been consumed by his own fire. Do not grieve for that ruler; he has departed to the highest state.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief should be tempered by discernment: when a person meets death through disciplined renunciation and attains a higher spiritual end, lamentation is not appropriate. The verse emphasizes detachment and trust in the moral-spiritual trajectory (gati) shaped by one’s life and austerity.
Nārada informs the addressed king (in context, Yudhiṣṭhira) that Dhṛtarāṣṭra has perished in a fire arising from his own ascetic circumstance—described as “his own fire”—and counsels him not to mourn, declaring that Dhṛtarāṣṭra has reached the supreme destination.