Shloka 256
अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal
विद्यते न भयं चापि परलोकान्ममानघा: । “इसमें संदेह नहीं कि मैं आपलोगोंके दर्शनमात्रसे पवित्र हो गया। निष्पाप महर्षियो! अब मुझे परलोकसे कोई भय नहीं है
vidyate na bhayaṃ cāpi paralokān mamānaghāḥ |
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O sinless sages, I have no fear at all of the next world. Indeed, merely by beholding you I have been purified; therefore there is no doubt that the hereafter holds no terror for me.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Association with the righteous—especially the direct sight (darśana) of sinless sages—is portrayed as spiritually purifying and as removing anxiety about one’s fate after death (paraloka).
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a speaker expresses confidence about the hereafter, declaring that meeting and beholding the sages has purified him and dispelled any fear of the next world.