Shloka 96
कायिकं वाचिकं चैव मनसा समुपार्जितम् । तत् सर्व नाशमायाति तमः सूर्योदये यथा,महाभारतके श्रवणसे शरीर, वाणी और मनके द्वारा सज्चित किये हुए सारे पाप वैसे ही नष्ट हो जाते हैं जैसे सूर्योदय होनेपर अन्धकार
kāyikaṃ vācikaṃ caiva manasā samupārjitam | tat sarvaṃ nāśam āyāti tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Whatever sin has been accumulated through the body, through speech, and through the mind— all of it is destroyed, just as darkness vanishes at the rising of the sun. In the ethical frame of the Svargārohaṇa narrative, the verse underscores inner purification: when true illumination arises, the entire stock of wrongdoing—physical, verbal, and mental—loses its power.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sin is threefold—of body, speech, and mind—and genuine moral illumination/purification eradicates all of it, as sunrise removes darkness. The verse stresses comprehensive ethical responsibility across action, speech, and intention.
In Svargārohaṇa Parva, Vaiśampāyana delivers a reflective statement on moral consequence and purification, using the sunrise metaphor to explain how accumulated wrongdoing can be nullified when true clarity and righteousness arise.