Shloka 12
शल्मलि–पवनसंवादः
The Dialogue of Śalmali and Pavana
ततस्तेनाग्निना दग्धो लुब्धको नष्टकल्मष: । जगाम परमां सिद्धिं ततो भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ) तदनन्तर उस आगमें जल जानेसे बहेलियेके सारे पाप नष्ट हो गये और उसने परम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली
tatastena
gnin01 dagdho lubdhako na9b9a-kalma 63a 25 | jag01ma param01 43 siddhi 43 tato bharata-sattama ||
ភីෂ្មៈបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ បន្ទាប់មក អ្នកប្រមាញ់នោះត្រូវភ្លើងនោះដុតឆេះ ក៏បានសាបសូន្យមលិនបាបទាំងអស់។ បន្ទាប់ពីនោះ ឱ ព្រះអង្គជាអ្នកប្រសើរបំផុតក្នុងវង្សភារតៈ គាត់បានឈានដល់សិទ្ធិដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់បំផុត។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral logic of purification: even a wrongdoer (the hunter) can have sins exhausted and be cleansed when karmic consequences and expiatory forces fully mature, leading to a transformed end-state described as 'highest siddhi'.
Bhishma concludes an episode by stating that the hunter was burned in a fire; through that burning his sins were destroyed, and afterward he attained the supreme spiritual accomplishment, as Bhishma addresses Yudhishthira ('best of the Bharatas').