Shloka 10
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
मुनि: पुराण: कौरव्य पाराशर्यों महाव्रत: । अगाथबुद्धि: सर्वज्ञो गतिज्ञ: सर्वकर्मणाम्,कुरुनन्दन! जो सब कर्मोकी गतिको जाननेवाले, अगाध बुद्धिसम्पन्न एवं सर्वज्ञ हैं उन महान् व्रतधारी, पुरातन मुनि, पराशरनन्दन व्यासजीने तो मुझसे यही कहा है कि “वे सभी वीर कर्मभोगके पश्चात् अन्ततोगत्वा अपने मूल स्वरूपमें ही मिल गये थे। महातेजस्वी, परम कान्तिमान् भीष्म वसुओंके स्वरूपमें ही प्रविष्ट हो गये”
muniḥ purāṇaḥ kauravya pārāśaryo mahāvrataḥ | agāthabuddhiḥ sarvajño gatijñaḥ sarvakarmaṇām ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O scion of the Kurus, the ancient sage Vyāsa, son of Parāśara—of great vows, of unfathomable intellect, all-knowing, and one who understands the final course of all actions—told me this: after experiencing the fruits of their deeds, all those heroes ultimately merged back into their own original forms. And Bhīṣma, of mighty splendor and supreme radiance, entered again into the state of the 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.