Shloka 138
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
सौतिर्वाच एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं वैशम्पायन कीर्तितम्
Sautir uvāca—etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ Vaiśampāyana-kīrtitam.
Sauti dit : «Ô Śaunaka, je t’ai maintenant rapporté intégralement tout ce récit tel que l’avait récité Vaiśampāyana. L’ayant entendu, le roi Janamejaya accomplit dûment l’adoration et le rite sacrificiel pour le Seigneur, selon la plus haute procédure prescrite. Et vous aussi, vous êtes des ascètes, fermes dans l’austérité et fidèles à vos vœux.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of sacred teaching and the ethical importance of responding to wisdom with proper practice—here, hearing the narrative leads to disciplined, rule-governed worship and the honoring of ascetic vows.
Sauti concludes a segment by telling Śaunaka that he has fully repeated what Vaiśampāyana had recited; he notes that Janamejaya, after hearing it, performed a proper sacrificial worship, and he acknowledges the ascetic, vow-keeping nature of the listening sages.