Shloka 6
Svargārohaṇa-parva, Adhyāya 4 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vision of the Celestial Assembly
Recognition and Explanation
अपरस्मिन्नथोद्देशे कर्ण शस्त्रभृतां वरम् द्वादशादित्यसहितं ददर्श कुरुनन्दन:,इसके बाद दूसरी ओर दृष्टि डालनेपर कुरुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरने शस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ कर्णको देखा जो बारह आदित्योंके साथ (तेजोमय स्वरूप धारण किये) विराजमान थे
aparasminn athoddeśe karṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam | dvādaśādityasahitaṃ dadarśa kurunandanaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then, looking toward another region, Kuru’s delight Yudhiṣṭhira beheld Karṇa—foremost among weapon-bearers—radiant and enthroned in splendor, accompanied by the twelve Ādityas. The vision reframes Karṇa not merely as a fallen rival of war, but as one restored to a cosmic order, suggesting that valor, lineage, and one’s allotted destiny can be acknowledged beyond the battlefield’s moral injuries.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse suggests that posthumous vision can reveal a larger moral and cosmic accounting than wartime judgments: a warrior’s recognized excellence and destined affiliations may be honored in the divine realm, inviting the listener to distinguish between personal grievance and the broader workings of karma and order.
In the course of Yudhiṣṭhira’s heavenly journey, he looks to another region and sees Karṇa, celebrated as the foremost among armed warriors, seated in radiant glory together with the twelve Ādityas.