Shloka 157
य इदं पठते पर्व शृणुयाद् वापि नित्यश: । स मुच्यते महापापै: कृतैघोरिश्व॒ कर्मभि:,जो प्रतिदिन इस पर्वको पढ़ता अथवा सुनता है, वह पहलेके किये हुए बड़े-बड़े पापों तथा घोर कर्मोसे मुक्त हो जाता है
ya idaṃ paṭhate parva śṛṇuyād vāpi nityaśaḥ | sa mucyate mahāpāpaiḥ kṛtaiḥ ghoraiś ca karmabhiḥ ||
ಯಾರು ಈ ಪರ್ವವನ್ನು ನಿತ್ಯವೂ ಪಠಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ ಅಥವಾ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಅವರು ಹಿಂದೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಮಹಾಪಾಪಗಳಿಗೂ ಘೋರ ಕರ್ಮಗಳಿಗೂ ಬಂಧನದಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular recitation or attentive listening to the Mahābhārata is portrayed as spiritually transformative: it purifies the listener/reader, diminishing the weight of past sins by orienting one toward dharma and ethical reflection.
This is a phalaśruti-style statement spoken by Sañjaya, pausing the war narrative to declare the merit (spiritual benefit) of reading or hearing this parva regularly.