Shloka 50
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च मोक्षे च भरतर्षभ । यदिहास्ति तदन्यत्र यन्नेहास्ति न कुत्रचित्,भरतश्रेष्ठ! धर्म, अर्थ, काम और मोक्षके विषयमें जो कुछ महाभारतमें कहा गया है, वही अन्यत्र है। जो इसमें नहीं है, वह कहीं नहीं है
dharme cārthe ca kāme ca mokṣe ca bharatarṣabha | yad ihāsti tad anyatra yan nehāsti na kutracit ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O bull among the Bharatas, whatever is taught here in the Mahābhārata concerning dharma, material welfare, desire, and liberation is found elsewhere as well; but whatever is not found here is found nowhere at all.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts the Mahābhārata’s comprehensive scope: it encompasses the full range of human aims—dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa—and presents itself as a complete ethical and philosophical compendium; what is absent from it is considered unattainable elsewhere.
In the closing movement of the epic (Svargārohaṇa), Vaiśampāyana offers a concluding, evaluative statement about the Mahābhārata itself, summarizing its authority and breadth as a guide for conduct, worldly life, and liberation.