Shloka 7
Janamejaya’s Appeal for Pacification and Śaunaka’s Counsel on Humility (जनमेजय-शौनक संवादः)
पञ्चयज्ञांस्तु यो मोहान्न करोति गृहाश्रमे । तस्य नायं न च परो लोको भवति धर्मत:,जो मोहवश गृहस्थाश्रममें रहते हुए भी पञ्चमहा-यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान नहीं करता, उसके लिये धर्मके अनुसार न तो यह लोक प्राप्त होता है और न परलोक ही
pañcayajñāṁs tu yo mohān na karoti gṛhāśrame | tasya nāyaṁ na ca paro loko bhavati dharmataḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: In the householder stage, if a person—out of delusion—does not perform the five great sacrificial duties, then, according to dharma, neither this world’s well-being nor the next world’s blessed state becomes attainable for him. The teaching stresses that domestic life is ethically complete only when sustained by daily obligations of reverence, learning, hospitality, and care for beings.
भीष्म उवाच