Shloka 195
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
यश, राज्य, सुख, ऐश्वर्य, काम, अर्थ, धन और विद्याकी इच्छा रखनेवाले पुरुषोंको भक्तिभावका आश्रय लेकर यत्नपूर्वक इस स्तोत्रका श्रवण करना चाहिये ।।
yaśaḥ rājyaṃ sukham aiśvaryaṃ kāmam arthaṃ dhanaṃ ca vidyāṃ ca icchantaḥ puruṣā bhaktibhāvam āśritya yatnapūrvakam asya stotrasya śravaṇaṃ kuryuḥ || vyādhito duḥkhito dīnaś coragrahasto bhayārditaḥ | rājkāryābhiyukto vā mucyate mahato bhayāt ||
毗湿摩说道：“凡求名声、王权、安乐、威势、欲愿圆满、世间利益、财富与学识之人，当依止虔敬之心，勤勉聆听此赞。即便是患病者、忧苦者、贫困者、落入盗贼之手者、为恐惧所迫者，或在王政事务中遭控告者，也能因诵此赞而脱离大难。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that devotional reliance (bhaktibhāva) combined with disciplined hearing or recitation of a sacred hymn functions as a dharmic refuge: it supports both worldly aims (prosperity, learning, authority) and protection in crises (illness, poverty, fear, legal peril).
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma is describing the efficacy of a particular stotra, prescribing attentive listening/recitation and stating that it grants desired outcomes and delivers even distressed or endangered persons from great fear.