Shloka 14
मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा
Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher
न चास्मिन्नपरे लोके यशस्तस्य प्रकाशते । न चान्यदपि कल्याण परत्र समुदाह्ृतम्,न इस लोकमें और न परलोकमें ही उसका यश प्रकाशित होता है। परलोकमें जो अन्य कल्याणमय सुखकी प्राप्ति बतायी गयी है, वह भी उसे सुलभ नहीं होती है
na cāsminn apare loke yaśas tasya prakāśate | na cānyad api kalyāṇaṃ paratra samudāhṛtam ||
Bhīṣma said: “In this world and even in the next, such a person’s good fame does not shine forth. Nor does he easily attain in the hereafter any other auspicious well-being that is spoken of.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that unethical conduct destroys both worldly honor and otherworldly welfare: one loses good reputation here and forfeits the auspicious fruits promised for the hereafter.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues a moral discourse, warning that a person who follows a blameworthy path gains neither public esteem in this life nor the declared blessings of the next.