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पर हीद॑ भारतं भगवता व्यासेन प्रोक्ते पावन ये ब्राह्मणादयो वर्णा: श्रद्दधाना अमत्सरा मैत्रा वेदसम्पन्ना: श्रोष्यन्ति, तेडपि स्वर्गजित: सुकृतिनो5शोच्या: कृताकृते भवन्ति,जो ब्राह्मण आदि वर्णोके लोग मात्सर्यरहित, मैत्रीभावसे संयुक्त और वेदाध्ययनसे सम्पन्न हो श्रद्धापूर्वक भगवान् व्यासके द्वारा कहे हुए इस परम पावन महाभारत ग्रन्थको सुनेंगे, वे भी स्वर्गके अधिकारी और पुण्यात्मा होंगे तथा उनके लिये इस बातका शोक नहीं रह जायगा कि उन्होंने अमुक कर्म क्यों किया और अमुक कर्म क्यों नहीं किया
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: para hīdaṃ bhārataṃ bhagavatā vyāsena prokte pāvane ye brāhmaṇādayo varṇāḥ śraddadhānā amatsarā maitrā vedasampannāḥ śroṣyanti, te 'pi svargajitaḥ sukṛtino 'śocyāḥ kṛtākṛte bhavanti.
Vaiśampāyana said: Those of the social orders beginning with the brāhmaṇas who, with faith, free from envy, endowed with friendliness, and grounded in Vedic learning, listen to this supremely purifying Bhārata as proclaimed by the venerable Vyāsa—even they become winners of heaven and possessors of merit. For them there remains no grief over what was done or left undone, for their hearing itself becomes a source of spiritual assurance and moral completeness.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful listening to the Mahābhārata, when joined with non-envy, friendliness, and disciplined learning, is itself a purifying dharmic act that yields merit and inner freedom from regret about past omissions or actions.
Vaiśampāyana delivers a phalaśruti: he declares the spiritual and ethical fruits for those who hear Vyāsa’s Bhārata—attainment of heavenly merit and a settled conscience, free from sorrow over what was done or left undone.