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 dijo: «Oh vástago de los Kurus, el antiguo sabio Vyāsa, hijo de Parāśara—de grandes votos, de intelecto insondable, omnisciente y conocedor del destino final de todas las acciones—me declaró esto: tras experimentar los frutos de sus obras, todos aquellos héroes acabaron por fundirse de nuevo en su forma originaria. Y Bhīṣma, de poderoso esplendor y suprema refulgencia, volvió a entrar en el estado de los Vasus».
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.