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 ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Yaong naghayag ng banal na kalipunang ito at nagturo nito sa kanyang anak na si Śuka—(sa gayon niya inilalahad ang ubod na aral ng Mahābhārata): Sa pag-ikot ng saṃsāra, naranasan na ng mga tao, nararanasan ngayon, at patuloy pang mararanasan ang pagdulog at paglayo—ang pagsasama at paghihiwalay—sa libu-libong ina at ama, at sa daan-daang asawa at anak. Ang mga bigkis na ito’y paulit-ulit na nabubuo at napuputol sa saṃsāra.”
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.