Shloka 60
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
य इमां संहितां पुण्यां पुत्रमध्यापयच्छुकम् । मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च । संसारेष्वनुभूतानि यान्ति यास्यन्ति चापरे
ya imāṃ saṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ putram adhyāpayac chukam | mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca | saṃsāreṣv anubhūtāni yānti yāsyanti cāpare ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच—य इमां पुण्यां संहितां प्रादुर्भाव्य स्वपुत्रं शुकं चाध्यापयामास, स महाभारतस्य सारभूतमुपदेशमेतदाह—संसारे मनुष्याः सहस्रशो मातापितॄणां शतानि च पुत्रदाराणां संयोगवियोगान् अनुभूतवन्तः, अनुभवन्ति, अनुभविष्यन्ति च; एवं बन्धाः पुनःपुनः संयुज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते च।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly relationships—parents, spouses, children—are repeatedly gained and lost across the cycles of saṃsāra. Recognizing this recurring conjunction and separation encourages detachment and a clearer pursuit of dharma rather than clinging to transient bonds.
Vaiśampāyana introduces a key, distilled instruction associated with the Mahābhārata’s sacred teaching tradition: the holy compendium was revealed and taught to Śuka, and its essence is stated as a reflection on the repetitive, impermanent nature of familial ties in worldly existence.