Shloka 42
नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation
इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं मोक्षधर्मोपसंहितम् । धारयेद् यः शमपर: स गच्छेत् परमां गतिम्
itihāsam imaṁ puṇyaṁ mokṣadharmopasaṁhitam | dhārayed yaḥ śamaparaḥ sa gacchet paramāṁ gatim ||
Sinabi ni Bhishma: Ang sinumang nakatuon sa kapayapaan sa loob, na nakikinig o nag-aaral ng banal na salaysay na ito na nakaugat sa Dharma ng paglaya, at saka ito’y mahigpit na iniingatan sa puso, ay makakamit ang pinakamataas na layon—ang sukdulang kalagayan ng paglaya.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is supported by moksha-dharma and inner tranquility: one who studies or hears this purifying teaching and retains it with a peaceful, self-controlled mind attains the supreme goal (moksha).
In Bhishma’s instruction within the Shanti Parva, he concludes by praising the spiritual efficacy of the preceding moksha-oriented discourse, stating that sincere hearing/reading and heartfelt retention by a peace-centered person leads to the highest state.