Shloka 15
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अश्वमेधपर्वमें पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,आगच्छद् ब्राह्मण: वलश्चित् स्वर्गलोकादरिंदम । ब्रह्मलोकाच्च दुर्थर्ष: सो5स्माभि: पूजितो5भवत् शत्रुदमन! एक दिनकी बात है, एक दुर्धर्ष ब्राह्मण ब्रह्मलोकसे उतरकर स्वर्गलोकमें होते हुए मेरे यहाँ आये। मैंने उनकी विधिवत् पूजा की और मोक्षधर्मके विषयमें प्रश्न किया। भरतश्रेष्ठ! मेरे प्रश्नका उन्होंने सुन्दर विधिसे उत्तर दिया। पार्थ! वही मैं तुम्हें बतला रहा हूँ। कोई अन्यथा विचार न करके इसे ध्यान देकर सुनो
āgacchad brāhmaṇaḥ kaścit svargalokād ariṃdama | brahmalokāc ca durdharṣaḥ so 'smābhiḥ pūjito 'bhavat || śatrudamana! ekadā durdharṣo brāhmaṇo brahmalokād avaruhya svargalokaṃ gatvā mama samīpam āgataḥ | mayā sa vidhivat pūjitaḥ, mokṣadharme ca praśnaḥ kṛtaḥ | bharataśreṣṭha! mama praśnasya sa sundareṇa vidhinā pratyuvāca | pārtha! tad eva te 'haṃ vakṣyāmi; anyathā-buddhiṃ mā kṛthāḥ, dhyānena śṛṇu ||
Vāyu said: “O subduer of foes, once a certain formidable Brahmin descended from the world of Brahmā and, passing through heaven, came to me. I received him with due rites and asked him about the dharma that leads to liberation. O best of the Bharatas, he answered my question in a beautiful and proper manner. O Pārtha, I shall now tell you that very teaching—listen with focused attention, without entertaining contrary doubts.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage frames mokṣadharma as authoritative knowledge transmitted through proper reverence and disciplined listening: honoring a realized teacher, asking sincerely about liberation, and receiving the answer with focused attention and without contrarian doubt.
Vāyu recounts that a formidable Brahmin descended from Brahmaloka, came via Svargaloka to him, was duly honored, and then answered Vāyu’s question on mokṣadharma. Vāyu now prepares to relay that teaching to Pārtha (Arjuna), urging attentive listening.