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 ||
毗舍波耶那说：凡恒常聆听《摩诃婆罗多》，或常令他人为众诵述者，皆能脱离一切罪垢，而得至毗湿奴之至上住处。此偈以持久亲近圣叙为德行之修：听闻与传讲承载达摩之传统，能净化行止，引人归向信爱与解脱。
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.