Shloka 45
कुरुवंशप्रश्नः—दुःषन्तस्य राजधर्मवर्णनम्
Kuru Lineage Inquiry and the Portrait of King Duḥṣanta’s Rule
नरेण धर्मकामेन सर्व: श्रोतव्य इत्यपि । निखिलेनेतिहासो5यं ततः सिद्धिमवाप्रुयात्,धर्मकी इच्छा रखनेवाले मनुष्यके द्वारा यह सारा महाभारत इतिहास पूर्णरूपसे श्रवण करनेयोग्य है। ऐसा करनेसे मनुष्य सिद्धिको प्राप्त कर लेता है
vaiśampāyana uvāca | nareṇa dharmakāmena sarvaḥ śrotavya ity api | nikhilenetihāso 'yaṃ tataḥ siddhim avāpnuyāt ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Kaya nga, ang buong Mahābhārata—ang ganap na salaysay na pangkasaysayan—ay dapat pakinggan nang buo ng taong naghahangad ng dharma. Sa ganap na pakikinig, nakakamtan niya ang kaganapang espirituwal at tagumpay sa pinakamataas na layon ng buhay.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that a person who seeks dharma should listen to the Mahābhārata in its entirety; complete and attentive hearing of the epic is presented as a means to attain siddhi—ethical and spiritual accomplishment.
Vaiśampāyana, in the course of narrating the Mahābhārata, states a phalaśruti-like assurance: the epic is not merely a story but a dharma-teaching itihāsa, and hearing it fully yields a transformative result for the listener.