Shloka 17
यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नित्यं यश्चेद॑ं परिकीर्तयेत् । नाशुभ॑ विद्यते तस्य मनसापि प्रमादत:,जो मनुष्य इस प्रसंगको प्रतिदिन सुनता और जो इसका वर्णन करता है, उन दोनोंको मनसे भी प्रमादजनित अशुभकी प्राप्ति नहीं होती
yaś cedaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ yaś cedaṃ parikīrtayet | nāśubhaṃ vidyate tasya manasāpi pramādataḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「この物語を日々聞く者、またこれを誦し、あるいは宣べ伝える者には、不注意によって不吉が生じることはない——心の内においてさえも。此の教えは、常に聞き、常に誦することの浄化と護りの力を明らかにする。ダルマを担う言葉に規律ある注意を向けることが、人を道徳の過失とその害ある報いから守るのである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular listening to and reciting dharma-instructive discourse is itself a discipline that prevents inauspicious tendencies and outcomes; it protects even the mind from lapses born of negligence (pramāda).
Bhīṣma, in his extended instruction during the Śānti Parva, concludes or emphasizes a teaching by stating the fruit (phalaśruti): those who daily hear or recite this passage gain protection from aśubha, even at the level of mental error.