Shloka 21
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
अभिषेकांश्व नियमान् देवतायतनेषु च । बलिं च कृत्वा हुत्वा च देवतां चाप्यपूजयत्,वह तीनों समय नहाता, नियमोंका पालन करता, देव-स्थानोंमें पूजा चढ़ाता, अग्निमें आहुति देता और देवताकी पूजा करता था
abhiṣekāṃś ca niyamān devatāyataneṣu ca | baliṃ ca kṛtvā hutvā ca devatāṃ cāpy apūjayat ||
قال بهيشما: كان يغتسل في الأوقات المقرّرة، ويلتزم بالانضباط، ويقدّم القرابين في معابد الآلهة، ويؤدّي قربان البَلي (bali)، ويصبّ الأهوُتي في النار المقدّسة، ويعبد الإله عبادةً تليق به—وهكذا عاش ثابتًا على التوقير وكبح النفس.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is sustained through regular discipline and reverent action: timely bathing, observance of vows, offerings, and worship cultivate purity, gratitude, and steadiness of character.
Bhishma describes a person’s exemplary daily religious routine—bathing, keeping observances, visiting shrines, making bali and fire-offerings, and worshipping the deity—highlighting a life ordered by ritual duty and devotion.