Shloka 103
शृणोति श्रावयेद् वापि सततं चैव यो नर: । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो वैष्णवं पदमाप्तनुयात्,जो मनुष्य सदा महाभारतको सुनता अथवा सुनाता रहता है वह सब पापोंसे मुक्त होकर भगवान् विष्णुके धामको जाता है
śṛṇoti śrāvayed vāpi satataṃ caiva yo naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto vaiṣṇavaṃ padam āpnoti ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。常に『マハーバーラタ』を聴く者、あるいは人々のためにそれを誦読させる者は、あらゆる罪より解き放たれ、ヴィシュヌの至上の住処に到る。此の偈は、聖なる物語への不断の関わりを倫理の修行として示す——聴聞し、ダルマを担う伝承を伝えることが行いを清め、信愛と解脱へと導くのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regularly listening to, or facilitating the recitation of, the Mahābhārata is presented as a devotional and ethical practice that purifies one from sin and leads toward the highest spiritual goal—attainment of Viṣṇu’s supreme abode.
In the closing, fruit-of-listening (phalaśruti) style passage of the Svargārohaṇa section, Vaiśampāyana states the spiritual benefit of engaging with the epic through hearing or recitation, emphasizing its power to cleanse and elevate the listener/reciter.