Shloka 153
मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा
Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher
तस्मान्मे सम्प्रकाशन्ते त्रयो लोका युधिष्छिर । मैं तो सारा शुभ कर्म करके इन तीनों गुरुजनोंको ही समर्पित कर देता था। इससे मेरे उन सभी शुभ कर्मोका पुण्य सौगुना और हजारगुना बढ़ गया है। युधिष्ठिर! इसीसे तीनों लोक मेरी दृष्टिके सामने प्रकाशित हो रहे हैं
tasmān me samprakāśante trayo lokā yudhiṣṭhira |
Bhishma said: “Therefore, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the three worlds shine clearly before me. For I used to perform every auspicious act and dedicate it wholly to those three revered elders; by that offering, the merit of all my good deeds increased a hundredfold and a thousandfold. It is for this reason that the three worlds now stand illumined in my sight.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit grows greatly when virtuous actions are performed with humility and dedicated to revered elders/teachers; such reverent offering purifies intention and yields heightened spiritual clarity, symbolized by the ‘three worlds’ becoming manifest.
Bhīṣma, instructing Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, explains the cause of his extraordinary inner vision: he had habitually offered the fruits of his auspicious deeds to three venerable elders, and through that dedication his merit multiplied, resulting in a luminous, expanded perception.