Shloka 4
सृष्टिप्रलयसंयुक्तमाचार्य : परिदर्शितम् । यज्ज्ञात्वा पुरुषो लोके प्रीतिं सौख्यं च विन्दति । फललाभश्न तस्य स्यात् सर्वभूतहितं च तत्,आचार्योने सृष्टि और प्रलयकी व्याख्याके साथ अध्यात्मज्ञानका विवेचन किया है, जिसे जानकर मनुष्य इस संसारमें सुख और प्रसन्नताका भागी होता है। उसे अभीष्ट फलकी प्राप्ति भी होती है। वह अध्यात्मज्ञान समस्त प्राणियोंके लिये हितकर है
sṛṣṭi-pralaya-saṁyuktam ācāryaḥ paridarśitam | yaj jñātvā puruṣo loke prītiṁ saukhyaṁ ca vindati || phala-lābhaś ca tasya syāt sarva-bhūta-hitaṁ ca tat |
Bhishma said: “The teacher has set forth this teaching together with an account of creation and dissolution. Knowing it, a person in this world attains joy and well-being. He also gains the desired fruit; and that spiritual knowledge is beneficial to all beings.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual knowledge, presented along with an understanding of cosmic creation and dissolution, brings inner joy and well-being, yields meaningful results, and ultimately serves the welfare of all beings.
In the Shanti Parva instruction-setting, Bhishma continues to summarize and commend a teacher’s exposition: a doctrinal explanation of creation and dissolution linked to adhyatma (spiritual) knowledge, emphasizing its practical fruits and universal benefit.