Mahabharata · 3.162.15-16
॥
Devanāgarī
धनेश्वरगृहस्थानां पाण्डवानां समागमम् ॥
शक्रेण य इमं विद्वान् अधीयीत समाहितः ॥
संवत्सरं ब्रह्मचारी नियतः संशितव्रतः ॥
स जीवेत निराबाधः सुसुखी शरदां शतम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dhaneśvaragṛhasthānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ samāgamam ||
śakreṇa ya imaṃ vidvān adhīyīta samāhitaḥ ||
saṃvatsaraṃ brahmacārī niyataḥ saṃśitavrataḥ ||
sa jīveta nirābādhaḥ susukhī śaradāṃ śatam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
धनेश्वरगृहस्थानां पाण्डवानां समागमम् ॥
शक्रेण य इमं विद्वान् अधीयीत समाहितः ॥
संवत्सरं ब्रह्मचारी नियतः संशितव्रतः ॥
स जीवेत निराबाधः सुसुखी शरदां शतम् ॥dhaneśvaragṛhasthānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ samāgamam ||
śakreṇa ya imaṃ vidvān adhīyīta samāhitaḥ ||
saṃvatsaraṃ brahmacārī niyataḥ saṃśitavrataḥ ||
sa jīveta nirābādhaḥ susukhī śaradāṃ śatam ||Whoever with focused attention studies this account of the meeting of the Pandavas, who dwelt in the abode of Dhaneshvara, with Shakra, living for a year as a brahmacharin, restrained and firm in his vow, shall live free of disease and happy for a hundred autumns.
Translation
Vaishampayana said: 'Whoever, with focused attention, studies this account of the meeting of the Pandavas — who dwelt at Dhaneshvara's abode — with Shakra, having lived a year as a brahmacharin, restrained and firm in his vow, shall live free of disease and happy for a hundred autumns.'
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This phalashruti shows that the account of the divine meeting is meant not merely to be remembered but to be heard for purification. Focused attention, vow, and hearing come together to yield a blessed fruit.