Shloka 34
गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः
Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka
विवाहांश्वैव कुर्वीत पुत्रानुत्पादयेत च । पुत्रलाभो हि कौरव्य सर्वलाभाद् विशिष्यते,कुरुनन्दन! मनुष्य विवाह करे और पुत्र उत्पन्न करे। पुत्रका लाभ सब लाभोंसे बढ़कर है
vivāhāṁś caiva kurvīta putrān utpādayet ca | putralābho hi kauravya sarvalābhād viśiṣyate, kurunandana ||
Bhishma said: “One should indeed enter into marriage and beget sons. For, O scion of the Kuru line, the gain of a son surpasses every other gain.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that entering marriage and producing offspring is a key duty of the householder, and that the ‘gain of a son’—symbolizing continuity of family, social obligations, and ritual responsibilities—is regarded as superior to other worldly gains.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing a Kuru prince (addressed as ‘Kauravya’ and ‘Kurunandana’) on dharma. Here he gives direct prescriptive counsel about marriage and progeny as part of righteous living.