Shloka 22
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
धर्ममेवाविशत् क्षत्ता राजा चैव युधिषछिर:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | dharmam evāviśat kṣattā rājā caiva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | balarāmo hi sākṣād bhagavān anantadevasya avatāraḥ | sa rasātalaṃ svam ālayaṃ jagāma | eṣa sa evānantadevo yo brahmaṇo ’jñāṃ prāpya yogabalena imāṃ pṛthivīṃ dhārayāmāsa |
毗湿摩波耶那说：宫廷侍臣毗度罗归入达摩本身，尤提施提罗王亦归入达摩之体。婆罗罗摩实为无尽天（阿难陀天）之化身；他回归罗娑多罗的本住处。此即那位阿难陀，奉祖父梵天之命，以瑜伽之力托持大地。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the end of exemplary lives as a return to their governing principle: Vidura and Yudhiṣṭhira are portrayed as merging into Dharma itself, suggesting that steadfast ethical integrity culminates in union with the very source of righteousness and cosmic order.
In the closing movement of the epic, Vaiśampāyana reports the final departures: Vidura (identified with Dharma) and Yudhiṣṭhira enter into Dharma, while Balarāma—declared an incarnation of Ananta—returns to Rasātala, recalling Ananta’s cosmic role of supporting the earth under Brahmā’s command.