Shloka 33
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
ऋषिणा पितृकार्ये च स च धर्मपथे स्थित: । पितृकार्ये कृते चापि विसृष्ट: स जगाम ह,ऋषिके द्वारा पितृकार्य विधिवत् सम्पन्न हो जानेपर वे ऋषि शूद्रसे विदा लेकर चले गये और वह शाद्र धर्ममार्गमें स्थित हो गया
ṛṣiṇā pitṛkārye ca sa ca dharmapathe sthitaḥ | pitṛkārye kṛte cāpi visṛṣṭaḥ sa jagāma ha ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন—ঋষি বিধিপূর্বক পিতৃকার্য সম্পন্ন করলেন, আর সেই ব্যক্তি ধর্মপথে স্থির রইল। পিতৃকর্ম শেষ হলে ঋষি বিদায় নিয়ে প্রস্থান করলেন, এবং সেই শূদ্রও ন্যায়াচরণে অবিচল থাকল।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That fulfilling one’s prescribed duties—especially obligations to the ancestors—and remaining steady on the path of dharma is ethically praiseworthy; proper completion of rites and respectful leave-taking are also part of righteous conduct.
A sage completes the required ancestral rite (pitṛkārya). After the rite is properly finished, he is respectfully dismissed and departs; the Śūdra mentioned in the contextual tradition remains established in dharma thereafter.