Shloka 36
अहं त्वामनुजानामि यदिच्छसि तदाप्रुहि । क्षत्रधर्मजिताँललोकानवाप्स्यसि धनंजयात्
bhīṣma uvāca | ahaṃ tvām anujānāmi yadicchasi tad āpruhi | kṣatradharmajitāṃl lokān avāpsyasi dhanaṃjayāt, karṇa |
毗湿摩说道：“我准许你。去成就你所愿。迦尔纳啊，若你死于檀那阇耶之手，你将抵达那些因践行刹帝利之法而赢得的世界。”
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.