Shloka 3
कालनियमः शोकशमनं च
Kāla as Regulator; Pacification of Grief
स्वाध्याययज्ञसंसिद्धा दृश्यन्ते बहवो जना: । तपोरताश्न मुनयो येषां लोका: सनातना:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: svādhyāya-yajña-saṁsiddhā dṛśyante bahavo janāḥ | tapo-ratāś ca munayo yeṣāṁ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—কেৱল স্বাধ্যায়-যজ্ঞৰ দ্বাৰাই সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰা বহু লোকক দেখা যায়। আৰু তপস্যাত ৰত বহু মুনি এনে হৈছে যে সনাতন লোকসমূহ তেওঁলোকৰ বাবে প্ৰাপ্য হৈ উঠিছে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms that svādhyāya (sacred self-study) can itself function as a yajña—an effective spiritual discipline leading to accomplishment; likewise, sustained tapas by sages is presented as a recognized cause for attaining enduring, ‘eternal’ spiritual realms.
Vaiśampāyana, in the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, supports an ethical-spiritual argument by citing observable precedents: many have succeeded through svādhyāya-yajña, and many ascetic sages have attained sanātana lokas through tapas.