Shloka 54
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
नित्यसिद्ध मोक्षस्वरूप भगवान् कृष्णद्वैपायनने धर्मकी कामनासे इस महाभारतसंदर्भकी रचना की है ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
ṣaṣṭiṁ śata-sahasrāṇi cakārānyāṁ sa saṁhitām |
triṁśac-chata-sahasrāṇi deva-loke pratiṣṭhitam |
毗舍波耶那说道：“具福的黑天·岛生者（克利须那·德外帕耶那，毗耶娑），其本性即为恒常成就的莫克沙（解脱），出于对达摩的愿求，编成此《摩诃婆罗多》之总集。起初，他造作了一部含六百万颂的本集；其中三百万颂在天界确立并流传。（另有诸本在祖灵界与夜叉界流行，而在人间则广传一部十万颂之本。）”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s sacred authority and vastness, portraying it as a Dharma-centered work transmitted across multiple cosmic realms, with a human-accessible recension distilled for this world.
Vaiśampāyana describes how Vyāsa composed the Mahābhārata in different large recensions and how these versions became established in various realms, including a version circulating among the gods.