Shloka 20
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
त॑ पश्य पुरुषव्याप्रमादित्यतनयं विभो । स्वस्थानस्थं महाबाहो जहि शोकं नरर्षभ
Taṁ paśya puruṣavyāpram ādityatanayaṁ vibho | svasthānasthaṁ mahābāho jahi śokaṁ nararṣabha ||
«¡Oh señor, toro entre los hombres, de brazos poderosos! Mira a Karṇa, hijo del Sol: resplandeciente y fuerte en su valor varonil. Ahora está firme en el lugar que le corresponde. Por eso, abandona el duelo por él.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse urges the listener to relinquish grief by recognizing the soul’s onward state: Karṇa is seen as established in his proper posthumous station, implying that mourning should yield to acceptance of karmic resolution and cosmic order.
In the Svargārohaṇa context, the speaker points out Karṇa—identified as the Sun’s son—now situated in his own place (in the heavenly order), and instructs the addressed hero to stop lamenting for him.