Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 50
श्रद्धधानेन वै भाव्यमेवमाह गुरुर्मम । महाराज! ठीक ऐसी ही बात है। इस विषयमें कोई अन्यथा विचार नहीं करना चाहिये। मेरे गुरुका कथन है कि महाभारतकी इस महिमा और फलपर श्रद्धा रखनी चाहिये ।।
śraddadhānena vai bhāvyam evam āha gurur mama | mahārāja! ṭhīk aisī hī bāt hai | asmin viṣaye na kaścid anyathā vicāraḥ kartavyaḥ | mama guroḥ kathanaṃ yat mahābhāratasya asyā mahimā-phale śraddhā kartavyā || vācakasya tu dātavyaṃ manasā yad yad icchati, hasty-aśva-ratha-yānāni vāhanāni viśeṣataḥ |
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Dapat itong lapitan nang may pananampalataya—ganyan ang ipinahayag ng aking guro. O dakilang hari, tunay ngang ganyan; sa bagay na ito’y huwag magtangan ng salungat na isip. Ang turo ng aking guro ay magtiwala sa kadakilaan ng Mahābhārata at sa espirituwal na bunga na ipinagkakaloob nito. At higit pa, anumang naisin ng tagapagbigkas sa kanyang puso ay dapat ibigay sa kanya—lalo na ang mga sasakyang tulad ng elepante, kabayo, karwahe, palankin, at iba pang sasakyan.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage teaches that one should hold firm faith (śraddhā) in the Mahābhārata’s greatness and its promised spiritual fruit, as affirmed by the teacher’s authority, and that generosity toward the reciter—giving what he desires, especially valuable conveyances—is a proper dharmic response to sacred recitation.
Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and reinforces his teacher’s instruction: do not doubt this doctrine; maintain faith in the Mahābhārata’s efficacy. He then specifies the practical ritual-ethical corollary—honoring the reciter with gifts, notably elephants, horses, chariots, palanquins, and other vehicles.