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तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
मातरं पितरं चैव शुश्रूषन्ति जितेन्द्रिया: । | 4 058 सस्नेहास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:,जो होकर माता-पिताकी सेवा करते हैं तथा भाइयोंपर स्नेह रखते हैं, वे लोग स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva śuśrūṣanti jitendriyāḥ | sasnehās te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: Those who have mastered their senses, who diligently serve their mother and father, and who remain affectionate toward their brothers—such people attain the heavenly worlds.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is practiced through disciplined conduct: self-control expressed as devoted service to one’s parents and affectionate harmony with one’s brothers; such conduct is praised as leading to svarga.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on righteous conduct (Anuśāsana), he enumerates virtues and duties; here he highlights household ethics—serving parents and maintaining fraternal affection—as meritorious behavior with a heavenly result.