Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 103
शृणोति श्रावयेद् वापि सततं चैव यो नर: । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो वैष्णवं पदमाप्तनुयात्,जो मनुष्य सदा महाभारतको सुनता अथवा सुनाता रहता है वह सब पापोंसे मुक्त होकर भगवान् विष्णुके धामको जाता है
śṛṇoti śrāvayed vāpi satataṃ caiva yo naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto vaiṣṇavaṃ padam āpnoti ||
Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: Sinumang palagiang nakikinig sa Mahābhārata, o nagpapabigkas nito para sa iba, ay napapalaya sa lahat ng kasalanan at nakaaabot sa kataas-taasang tahanan ni Viṣṇu. Itinatanghal ng taludtod ang tuluy-tuloy na pakikibahagi sa sagradong salaysay bilang disiplina ng asal: ang pakikinig at pagpapasa ng tradisyong nagdadala ng dharma ay nagpapadalisay ng gawi at nagtuturo tungo sa debosyon at paglaya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regularly listening to, or facilitating the recitation of, the Mahābhārata is presented as a devotional and ethical practice that purifies one from sin and leads toward the highest spiritual goal—attainment of Viṣṇu’s supreme abode.
In the closing, fruit-of-listening (phalaśruti) style passage of the Svargārohaṇa section, Vaiśampāyana states the spiritual benefit of engaging with the epic through hearing or recitation, emphasizing its power to cleanse and elevate the listener/reciter.