Shloka 60
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
य इमां संहितां पुण्यां पुत्रमध्यापयच्छुकम् । मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च । संसारेष्वनुभूतानि यान्ति यास्यन्ति चापरे
ya imāṃ saṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ putram adhyāpayac chukam | mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca | saṃsāreṣv anubhūtāni yānti yāsyanti cāpare ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Der, welcher dieses heilige Kompendium offenbarte und es seinen Sohn Śuka lehrte—(so legt er die wesentliche Unterweisung der Mahābhārata dar): Im Lauf des weltlichen Daseins haben die Menschen bereits erfahren, erfahren es jetzt und werden es weiterhin erfahren: das Zusammenkommen und das Getrenntwerden von Tausenden von Müttern und Vätern und von Hunderten von Ehefrauen und Söhnen. Solche Bande werden im saṃsāra immer wieder geknüpft und wieder gelöst.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly relationships—parents, spouses, children—are repeatedly gained and lost across the cycles of saṃsāra. Recognizing this recurring conjunction and separation encourages detachment and a clearer pursuit of dharma rather than clinging to transient bonds.
Vaiśampāyana introduces a key, distilled instruction associated with the Mahābhārata’s sacred teaching tradition: the holy compendium was revealed and taught to Śuka, and its essence is stated as a reflection on the repetitive, impermanent nature of familial ties in worldly existence.