Shloka 64
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
इमां भारतसावित्रीं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् । स भारतफल प्राप्य परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति
imāṃ bhāratasāvitrīṃ prātar utthāya yaḥ paṭhet | sa bhārata-phalaṃ prāpya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati ||
ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– «မနက်စောစော ထ၍ ဤ ‘ဘာရတ-သာဝိတြီ’—မဟာဘာရတမှ အနှစ်သာရအဖြစ် ချုပ်ယူထားသော သင်ခန်းစာ—ကို ရွတ်ဖတ်သူသည် မဟာဘာရတတစ်စုံလုံးကို လေ့လာသကဲ့သို့ အကျိုးပွားကို ရရှိပြီး ထိုအကျိုးကြောင့် အမြင့်ဆုံး ဘြဟ္မန်(ပရဗြဟ္မ) ထံသို့ ရောက်ရှိမည်»။
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined daily recitation of the Mahābhārata’s distilled ‘Bhārata-Sāvitrī’ grants the same spiritual merit as studying the whole epic and culminates in realization/attainment of the Supreme Brahman—linking ethical instruction (dharma) with the highest liberation (mokṣa).
In the closing movement of the Mahābhārata (Svargārohaṇa), Vaiśampāyana highlights a concluding, summary-like teaching called ‘Bhārata-Sāvitrī’ and praises its efficacy: a listener/reader who recites it at dawn is promised the epic’s full fruit and ultimate spiritual attainment.