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 ||
Waiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai keturunan Kuru, resi kuno Vyāsa putra Parāśara—yang bertapa dengan ikrar agung, berakal tak terduga kedalamannya, maha tahu, dan memahami akhir perjalanan segala perbuatan—telah mengatakan kepadaku ini: setelah menikmati buah dari karma mereka, semua pahlawan itu pada akhirnya melebur kembali ke wujud asal masing-masing. Dan Bhīṣma, yang berkilau oleh daya dan cahaya tertinggi, masuk kembali ke keadaan para Vasu.”
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.