Shloka 24
Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca
Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance
पवित्रमरिसंघघ्नं मड़लानां च मड़लम् । यथैव वेदाध्ययनमुपाख्यानमिदं तथा
pavitram arisaṅghaghnaṁ maṅgalānāṁ ca maṅgalam | yathaiva vedādhyayanam upākhyānam idaṁ tathā ||
এই উপাখ্যান পবিত্ৰ, শত্রুসংঘ-নাশক আৰু মঙ্গলসমূহৰ মাজত পৰম মঙ্গল। যেনেকৈ বেদ অধ্যয়ন, তেনেকৈ এই কাহিনীও গণ্য।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates the ethical and purifying power of sacred narrative: hearing/reciting an instructive upākhyāna is presented as spiritually efficacious—bringing auspiciousness and overcoming hostility—comparable in value to Vedic study.
Vyāsa, as narrator, praises the upākhyāna being told, framing it as a sanctifying and protective discourse and asserting its authority and merit by likening it to the discipline of studying the Vedas.