Shloka 66
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
कार्ष्ण वेदमिमं विद्वान् श्रावयित्वार्थम क्षुते । इदं भारतमाख्यानं यः पठेत् सुसमाहितः । स गच्छेत् परमां सिद्धिमिति मे नास्ति संशय:,जो दिद्वान् श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायनके द्वारा प्रसिद्ध किये गये इस महाभारतरूप पठ्चम वेदको सुनाता है उसे अर्थकी प्राप्ति होती है। जो एकाग्रचित्त होकर इस भारत-उपाख्यानका पाठ करता है वह मोक्षरूप परम सिद्धिको प्राप्त कर लेता है। इस विषयमें मुझे संशय नहीं है
kārṣṇa vedam imaṁ vidvān śrāvayitvārtham aśnute | idaṁ bhāratam ākhyānaṁ yaḥ paṭhet susamāhitaḥ | sa gacchet paramāṁ siddhim iti me nāsti saṁśayaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “A learned person who causes this Kārṣṇa Veda to be recited gains its true fruit. And whoever, with a well-collected mind, recites this narrative of the Bhārata attains the highest perfection—liberation. Of this, I have no doubt.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a phalaśruti: teaching (making others hear) and reciting the Mahābhārata—regarded as Vyāsa’s ‘Kārṣṇa Veda’—yields spiritual fruit, culminating in the highest siddhi, understood here as mokṣa, especially when done with focused attention.
At the close of the epic (Svargārohaṇa context), Vaiśampāyana affirms the sanctity and salvific value of the Bhārata itself, declaring with certainty that its attentive recitation and transmission confer profound benefit and ultimate liberation.