Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, 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 ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ສືບສາຍກຸຣຸ! ມຸນີເກົ່າແກ່ ວະຍາສະ ບຸດແຫ່ງປາຣາຊະຣະ—ຜູ້ຖືວຣະຕະອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່, ປັນຍາລຶກລ້ຳຫາຂອບບໍ່ໄດ້, ຮູ້ທົ່ວທຸກສິ່ງ, ແລະຮູ້ທາງສຸດທ້າຍຂອງກຳທັງປວງ—ໄດ້ບອກຂ້ອຍດັ່ງນີ້: ຫຼັງຈາກໄດ້ຮັບຜົນແຫ່ງກຳຂອງຕົນແລ້ວ ວິລະຊົນເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນທັງໝົດ ໃນທີ່ສຸດກໍກັບໄປຮວມເຂົ້າສູ່ຮູບພື້ນເດີມຂອງຕົນ. ແລະ ພີສະມະ ຜູ້ມີຕະເຈະອັນແຮງກ້າ ແລະຮັດສະມີອັນສູງສຸດ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ສະພາບຂອງວະສຸອີກຄັ້ງ»។
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.