Shloka 36
अहं त्वामनुजानामि यदिच्छसि तदाप्रुहि । क्षत्रधर्मजिताँललोकानवाप्स्यसि धनंजयात्
bhīṣma uvāca | ahaṃ tvām anujānāmi yadicchasi tad āpruhi | kṣatradharmajitāṃl lokān avāpsyasi dhanaṃjayāt, karṇa |
Bhīṣma nói: “Ta cho phép ngươi. Hãy đạt điều ngươi mong muốn. Hỡi Karna, nếu ngươi bị Dhananjaya giết, ngươi sẽ đến những cõi giới đạt được nhờ việc giữ trọn kṣatriya-dharma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames death in righteous battle as a dharmic outcome for a kshatriya: if one upholds the warrior’s duty and meets death at the hands of a worthy opponent, one is said to attain meritorious realms. It also highlights the elder’s authority to grant leave and to interpret the ethical meaning of an impending death.
Bhishma addresses Karna, granting him permission to act as he wishes and indicating that if Karna is killed by Dhananjaya (Arjuna), that death will lead to the worlds gained by fulfilling kshatriya-dharma—an acknowledgment of the imminent, fated confrontation and its moral framing.