TRIPADAḤ There is the earth, then there is heaven, and then there is the Paramapadam the highest state that there is. Bhīṣma had descended from heaven to earth and was now in the process of ascending back to heaven but having born and lived as a Manuṣya and tasted the supreme truth of the Paramapadam, he knew that someday he would be able to get there. Perhaps, the curse that made him descend to…