Shloka 62
अध्याय ९ — दुर्योधनस्य अन्त्यावस्था, विलापः, तथा सौप्तिक-प्रतिवृत्तम्
Duryodhana’s Final Condition, Lamentation, and the Night’s Report
तव पुत्रे गते स्वर्ग शोकार्तस्यथ ममानघ । ऋषिदत्तं प्रणष्टं तद् दिव्यदर्शित्वमद्य वै
sañjaya uvāca | tava putre gate svargaṃ śokārtasyātha mām anagha | ṛṣidattaṃ praṇaṣṭaṃ tad divyadarśitvam adya vai ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai yang tak bercela, ketika putramu berangkat ke surga, aku pun diliputi duka. Dan hari ini, sungguh, penglihatan ilahi yang dianugerahkan kepadaku oleh sang resi itu telah lenyap.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even extraordinary powers granted for a purpose are impermanent; when the destined narrative closes—here, the fall and ‘heavenward departure’ of the king’s son—Sanjaya’s divinely granted vision ceases, underscoring the limits of human agency and the inevitability of karmic outcomes.
After reporting the catastrophic end of the Kuru war’s final violence, Sanjaya tells the blind king that with the king’s son having gone to heaven, Sanjaya is overcome by sorrow and the supernatural ‘divine sight’ given by the sage (Vyasa) to narrate events has now disappeared.