Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 19
Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)
(दानेन तपसा चैव विष्णोरभ्यर्चनेन च । ब्राह्मण: स महाभाग तरेत् संसारसागरात् ।।
bhīṣma uvāca |
dānena tapasā caiva viṣṇor abhyarcaneṇa ca |
brāhmaṇaḥ sa mahābhāga taretsaṃsārasāgarāt ||
svakarmaśuddhasattvānāṃ tapobhir nirmalātmanām |
vidyayā gatamohānāṃ tāraṇāya hariḥ smṛtaḥ ||
tadarcana-paro nityaṃ tadbhaktas taṃ namaskuru |
tadbhaktā na vinaśyanti harīṣṭākṣara-parāyaṇāḥ ||
praṇavopāsanaparāḥ paramārthaparās tv iha |
etaiḥ pāvaya cātmānaṃ sarvapāpam apohya ca ||
svasti prāpruhi maitreya gṛhān sādhū vrajāmy aham |
etan manasi kartavyaṃ śreya evaṃ bhaviṣyati ||
毗湿摩说道：“大福之人啊！婆罗门以布施、以苦行、并以礼拜毗湿奴，而得以渡越轮回之海。凡能如法奉行自身所定之业而净化其内心者，以苦行使其心澄明者，以真知遣除迷妄者——为救度此等之人，人们忆念哈利；诚然，但念其名，必得济度。故当恒常专志于其供奉，常为其信徒，并不断向其顶礼。专心持诵哈利八字真言者，终不败亡。于此世间，凡勤修‘普罗那瓦’（Om）之观修，志在至上之善者——凭借这些法门与戒行——当自净其身，尽除诸罪。弥勒耶，愿你得安吉；我今将谨慎归于我的林居。将此铭记于心；如是，你的福祉必将成就。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that liberation is attained through a triad of disciplines—charity, austerity, and devoted worship of Vishnu—supported by purity gained from one’s rightful duties and clarified by knowledge; remembrance and mantra-centered devotion to Hari are presented as unfailing means of deliverance.
Bhishma addresses Maitreya with concluding counsel: he urges steady Vishnu-devotion (including the eight-syllabled mantra and contemplation of Oṃ), advises self-purification by removing sin, and then takes leave, saying he will return to his hermitage and that Maitreya should keep the instruction in mind for his welfare.