Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 65
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
यथा समुद्रो भगवान् यथा हि हिमवान् गिरि: । ख्यातावुभौ रत्ननिधी तथा भारतमुच्यते
yathā samudro bhagavān yathā hi himavān giriḥ | khyātāv ubhau ratnanidhī tathā bhāratam ucyate ||
वैशम्पायन बोले—जैसे ऐश्वर्यशाली समुद्र और हिमवान् पर्वत—ये दोनों रत्नों की निधि के रूप में प्रसिद्ध हैं, वैसे ही महाभारत भी उपदेशरूपी अनेक रत्नों का भण्डार कहा जाता है।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Mahābhārata is presented as a vast repository of precious moral and spiritual instruction—its teachings are ‘jewels’ to be sought, valued, and applied in life.
In the closing context of the Svargārohaṇa Parva, Vaiśampāyana offers a laudatory reflection on the Mahābhārata itself, comparing it to the ocean and the Himalaya—both famed as sources of treasures—to emphasize the epic’s richness in counsel and dharma.