Putra-Bheda: Kṣetraja, Kṛtaka, Apasada, and Saṃskāra Determinations (पुत्रभेद-निर्णयः)
सम्मान्यमानाश्ैता हि सर्वकार्याण्यवाप्स्यथ । 'संतानकी उत्पत्ति
sammānyamānāś ca etā hi sarvakāryāṇy avāpsyatha | santānakī utpattiḥ, utpannasya bālakasya lālana-pālanaṃ tathā lokayātrāyāḥ prasannatāpūrvakaṃ nirvāhaḥ—etān sarvān strīṇām eva adhīnaṃ manyadhvam | yadi yūyaṃ striyaḥ sammāniṣyatha tarhi yuṣmākaṃ sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhyanti ||
قال بهيشما: «إن أنتم أكرمتم هؤلاء النساء نلتم النجاح في جميع مساعيكم. واعلموا أن إنجاب الذرية، ورعاية الطفل بعد ولادته وحمايته، وحسن سير شؤون البيت والمجتمع بطمأنينة ورضا—كل ذلك معقود بالنساء. فإذًا، إن أظهرتم لهنّ الاحترام اللائق، تحققت لكم جميع المقاصد والواجبات.»
भीष्म उवाच
Bhīṣma teaches that honoring women is a practical and ethical duty: family continuity, child-rearing, and the harmonious functioning of worldly/household life depend upon women; therefore respect toward them leads to success in one’s undertakings.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the social and moral importance of women within household and societal life, urging respectful conduct as a means to stability and accomplishment.