Svargarohana Parva Adhyaya 6 Shloka 98 - Mahabharata | German | Vedapath

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Shloka 98

Devanagari script

स्त्रियश्न पुरुषाश्वैव वैष्णवं पदमाप्तुयु: । स्त्रीभिश्व पुत्रकामाभि: श्रोतव्यं वैष्णवं यश:

Transliteration

striyaś ca puruṣāś caiva vaiṣṇavaṁ padam āptuyuḥ | strībhiś ca putrakāmābhiḥ śrotavyaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ yaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Ob Frauen oder Männer — alle gelangen durch dieses Hören zur höchsten Wohnstatt Viṣṇus. Darum sollen Frauen, die sich Kinder wünschen, gewiss dieses Mahābhārata hören, den Ruhm Viṣṇus.

Word by Word

स्त्रियःwomen

नor / not (here: disjunctive with वा)

पुरुषाःmen

चand

एवindeed / just

वैष्णवम्Vishnu's / Vaishnava

पदम्abode / state

आप्तुयुःattained / reached

स्त्रीभिःby women / with women

चand

पुत्रकामाभिःby women desiring a son

श्रोतव्यम्should be heard / must be listened to

वैष्णवम्Vishnu's / Vaishnava

यशःglory / fame

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Viṣṇu

Vaiṣṇava pada (abode of Viṣṇu)

Mahābhārata (as Vaiṣṇava yaśas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the devotional power of śravaṇa (reverent listening): hearing the Mahābhārata—presented here as the glory of Viṣṇu—brings spiritual merit culminating in reaching Viṣṇu’s abode, and is also recommended for women seeking the blessing of children.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the concluding section of the Mahābhārata, Vaiśampāyana delivers a phalaśruti-style statement, describing the fruits of hearing the epic: it benefits all listeners, and specifically encourages women with the desire for offspring to listen to this Vaiṣṇava praise.