Shloka 200
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
मनसा चिन्तितं यच्च यच्च वाचानुकीर्तितम् | सर्व सम्पद्यते तस्य स्तवस्यास्यानुकीर्तनात्,वह मनसे जिस वस्तुके लिये चिन्तन करता है अथवा वाणीसे जिस मनोरथकी याचना करता है, उसका वह सारा अभीष्ट इस स्तोत्रके बार-बार पाठसे सिद्ध हो जाता है
manasā cintitaṃ yac ca yac ca vācānukīrtitam | sarvaṃ sampadyate tasya stavasya asyānukīrtanāt ||
Bhīṣma said: Whatever a person contemplates in the mind, and whatever wish he voices in speech, all of it is fulfilled for him through the repeated recitation of this hymn.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeated recitation of a sacred hymn is presented as a means by which a person’s mental intentions and spoken wishes are brought to fulfillment—highlighting the Mahabharata’s emphasis on disciplined devotion and the alignment of inner resolve with righteous speech.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma is describing the fruit (phala) of reciting a particular stotra: he assures the listener that whatever is desired in thought or requested in words becomes attainable through its continual chanting.