Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 1263
महादानानि देयानि रत्नानि विविधानि च । मनुष्य अपने मनको संयममें रखते हुए बाहर-भीतरसे शुद्ध हो महाभारतमें वर्णित इस इतिहासको क्रमश: यथावत् रूपसे सुनकर इसे समाप्त करनेके पश्चात् इनमें मारे गये प्रमुख वीरोंके लिये श्राद्ध करे। भारत! भरतभूषण! महाभारत सुनकर श्रोता अपनी शक्तिके अनुसार ब्राह्मणोंको भक्तिभावसे नाना प्रकारके रत्न आदि बड़े-बड़े दान दे
mahādānāni deyāni ratnāni vividhāni ca | manuṣyaḥ svamanasaḥ saṃyame sthitaḥ bahiḥ-antar-śuddhaḥ mahābhārate varṇitam imaṃ itihāsaṃ kramaśaḥ yathāvat śrutvā samāpayitvā teṣu hata-pramukha-vīrāṇāṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryāt | bhārata bharatabhūṣaṇa mahābhārataṃ śrutvā śrotā yathāśakti brāhmaṇebhyo bhaktibhāvena nānāvidhāni ratnādi mahādānāni dadyāt ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“当行大施，施与种种珍宝等物。人应摄持其心，内外清净，依次聆听《摩诃婆罗多》中如实铺陈的这部史传；听毕圆满之后，当为其中战死的诸位首要英雄举行施罗陀（śrāddha，祭祖追荐）之礼。噢，婆罗多啊，婆罗多族的光饰！既已听闻《摩诃婆罗多》，听者应量力而行，以虔敬之心向婆罗门布施诸多大礼，如珍宝等。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage teaches that sacred listening should be joined with inner discipline and purity, and culminate in ethical action: honoring the dead through śrāddha and supporting brāhmaṇas through charitable giving according to one’s means.
Vaiśampāyana gives a concluding injunction about how a listener should complete the Mahābhārata: hear it properly in sequence, maintain self-control and purity, then perform śrāddha for the principal fallen heroes and offer major gifts—such as jewels—to brāhmaṇas with devotion.