Shloka 24
पवित्रमरिसंघघ्नं मड़लानां च मड़लम् । यथैव वेदाध्ययनमुपाख्यानमिदं तथा
pavitram arisaṅghaghnaṁ maṅgalānāṁ ca maṅgalam | yathaiva vedādhyayanam upākhyānam idaṁ tathā ||
Vyāsa said: “This sacred narrative is a destroyer of hosts of enemies and the very auspiciousness among auspicious things. It is to be regarded on a par with the study of the Vedas.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates the ethical and purifying power of sacred narrative: hearing/reciting an instructive upākhyāna is presented as spiritually efficacious—bringing auspiciousness and overcoming hostility—comparable in value to Vedic study.
Vyāsa, as narrator, praises the upākhyāna being told, framing it as a sanctifying and protective discourse and asserting its authority and merit by likening it to the discipline of studying the Vedas.