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 ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—অনেক মানুষকে দেখা যায় যে কেবল স্বাধ্যায়-যজ্ঞের দ্বারাই সিদ্ধি লাভ করেছে। আর তপস্যায় নিবিষ্ট বহু মুনি এমন হয়েছেন, যাঁদের জন্য সনাতন লোকসমূহ প্রাপ্য হয়েছে।
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.