Shloka 122
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं यश्चवापि परिकीर्तयेत् । नाशुभं प्राप्तुयात् किंचित् सोअमुत्रेह च मानव:
ya idaṁ śṛṇuyān nityaṁ yaś cāpi parikīrtayet | nāśubhaṁ prāpnuyāt kiñcit so 'mutreha ca mānavaḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: The person who regularly listens to this (hymn), and the one who also recites or proclaims it, does not meet with any inauspiciousness—either here in this world or there in the next. The teaching emphasizes the protective and purifying power of devoted hearing and recitation, presenting steady remembrance as a practical discipline that safeguards one’s life and afterlife.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular listening to and recitation of the sacred hymn (here, the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma in context) is presented as a dhārmic practice that removes or prevents inauspicious outcomes, benefiting a person both in this life and in the next.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s discourse, Bhīṣma is describing the fruits (phala-śruti) of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma, assuring Yudhiṣṭhira that those who hear it regularly and those who recite it daily are protected from misfortune in both worlds.