Shloka 27
Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas
प्रियेः समागम॑ तेषां यः सम्यक् शृणुयान्नर: । प्रियाणि लभते नित्यमिह च प्रेत्य चैव सः
priyeḥ samāgamaṁ teṣāṁ yaḥ samyak śṛṇuyān naraḥ | priyāṇi labhate nityam iha ca pretya caiva saḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Whoever listens attentively and in the proper spirit to this account of the reunion of those beloved ones will continually obtain what is dear—both in this world and after death.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That attentive, proper listening to a dharmic account—here, the reunion of beloved persons—produces auspicious results: one gains what is dear both in this life and after death. It functions as a phalaśruti, affirming the merit of śravaṇa (reverent hearing).
The narrator Vaiśampāyana concludes or seals a section by stating the fruit of hearing this particular episode about the meeting/reunion of beloved ones, promising enduring benefits to the listener in this world and the next.