Shloka 90
भारतं परम पुण्यं भारते विविधा: कथा: । भारतं सेव्यते देवैर्भारतं परमं पदम्,महाभारत परम पवित्र ग्रन्थ है। इसमें नाना प्रकारकी कथाएँ हैं। देवता भी महाभारतका सेवन करते हैं। महाभारत परमपदस्वरूप है
bhārataṃ parama-puṇyaṃ bhārate vividhāḥ kathāḥ | bhārataṃ sevyate devair bhārataṃ paramaṃ padam ||
Waiśampāyana berkata: “Bhārata adalah yang paling suci dan penuh jasa kebajikan. Di dalam Bhārata terdapat kisah-kisah yang beraneka ragam. Bahkan para dewa pun menikmati dan memuliakan Bhārata. Bhārata sendiri adalah tujuan tertinggi—wujud dari keadaan yang mahatinggi.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse extols the Mahābhārata as intrinsically sacred and merit-bestowing, presenting it not merely as literature but as a spiritual means: engaging with it is portrayed as a practice valued even by the gods, and as pointing toward (or embodying) the highest human aim.
In the Svargārohaṇa context, the narrator Vaiśampāyana offers a concluding-style eulogy of the epic itself, emphasizing its sanctity, its many instructive stories, and its status as a supreme refuge/goal for those who study and internalize it.