Shloka 9
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm
तमहं यत्र तत्रस्थं द्रष्टमिच्छामि सूर्यजम् । अविज्ञातो मया योडसौ घातित: सव्यसाचिना
tam ahaṁ yatra tatra-sthaṁ draṣṭum icchāmi sūryajam | avijñāto mayā yo ’sau ghātitaḥ savyasācinā ||
玉提施提罗说道：“无论他身在何处，我都愿得一见那位太阳之子。正因我未能认出他，才使他被阿周那所杀。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral accountability beyond battlefield victory: ignorance and misrecognition can still carry ethical weight. Yudhiṣṭhira accepts responsibility for Karṇa’s death, expressing remorse and a desire for reconciliation through seeing him.
In Svargārohaṇa (the ascent to heaven), Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about Karṇa—identified as the Sun’s son—and says he wishes to see him wherever he is, admitting that because he did not recognize him, he had Arjuna kill him in the war.