Shloka 54
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
नित्यसिद्ध मोक्षस्वरूप भगवान् कृष्णद्वैपायनने धर्मकी कामनासे इस महाभारतसंदर्भकी रचना की है ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
ṣaṣṭiṁ śata-sahasrāṇi cakārānyāṁ sa saṁhitām |
triṁśac-chata-sahasrāṇi deva-loke pratiṣṭhitam |
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) yang diberkati, yang hakikatnya ialah mokṣa yang sentiasa sempurna, telah menggubah rangkaian Mahābhārata ini demi hasrat kepada dharma. Mula-mula baginda menghasilkan satu saṃhitā berjumlah enam juta śloka; daripadanya, tiga juta śloka ditegakkan dan tersebar di alam para dewa. (Recensi lain beredar dalam alam Pitṛ dan alam Yakṣa, manakala versi seratus ribu śloka tersebar dalam kalangan manusia.)”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s sacred authority and vastness, portraying it as a Dharma-centered work transmitted across multiple cosmic realms, with a human-accessible recension distilled for this world.
Vaiśampāyana describes how Vyāsa composed the Mahābhārata in different large recensions and how these versions became established in various realms, including a version circulating among the gods.