Shloka 37
नवमे क्रतुराजस्य वाजिमेधस्य भारत
navame kraturājasya vājimedhasya bhārata bhārata | navāṁ pāraṇaṁ pūrṇa-bhūte śrotā yajñānāṁ rājña aśvamedhasya phalaṁ prāpnoti | sa suvarṇa-stambha-cchada-śobhitam vaidūrya-maṇi-mayī-vedi-vibhūṣitam sarvataḥ jāmbūnada-maya-divya-vātāyana-alaṅkṛtam svarga-vāsi-gandharva-apsarobhiḥ sevitam divya-vimānam āruhya svayā utkṛṣṭa-śobhayā prakāśamānaḥ svarge dvitīya-deva iva devaiḥ saha ānandaṁ bhuṅkte | tasya aṅgeṣu divya-mālā divya-vastrāṇi ca śobhante, sa ca divya-candana-carcitaḥ |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—नवमे क्रतुराजस्य वाजिमेधस्य भारत। पारणे सम्प्रपूर्णे तु श्रोताऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्॥ स काञ्चनस्तम्भच्छत्रैः शोभितं वैदूर्यकृतवेदिकम्। जाम्बूनदमयैर्दिव्यैर्गवाक्षैः सर्वतो वृतम्॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसां सेव्यमानो दिव्यं विमानम् अधिरुह्य स्वर्गे स्वतेजसा प्रकाशमानः। देवैः सह सुखं भुङ्क्ते द्वितीय इव देवता॥ दिव्यस्रग्वस्त्रभूषिताङ्गो दिव्यचन्दनचर्चितश्च भवति।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes karma-phala: devoted completion of a prescribed observance—especially attentive hearing linked with dharma—yields exalted merit comparable to the Aśvamedha, culminating in heavenly enjoyment among the gods.
Vaiśampāyana describes the reward granted after the ninth completion (pāraṇa): the listener gains the fruit of the Aśvamedha and is portrayed ascending to Svarga in a richly adorned celestial vimāna, attended by Gandharvas and Apsarases, enjoying divine bliss with the gods.