Shloka 20
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
त॑ पश्य पुरुषव्याप्रमादित्यतनयं विभो । स्वस्थानस्थं महाबाहो जहि शोकं नरर्षभ,'प्रभो! नरश्रेष्ठ! महाबाहो! तुम पुरुषसिंह सूर्यकुमार कर्णका दर्शन करो। वे अपने स्थानमें स्थित हैं। तुम उनके लिये शोक त्याग दो
Taṁ paśya puruṣavyāpram ādityatanayaṁ vibho | svasthānasthaṁ mahābāho jahi śokaṁ nararṣabha ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Behold him—Karna, the Sun’s son—radiant and mighty in manly prowess. O lord, O bull among men, O strong-armed one: he now stands established in his own rightful station. Therefore abandon grief for him.”
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.