Shloka 28
कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace
स्वर्गलोको गृहस्थानां प्रतिष्ठा नियतात्मनाम् । ब्रहद्मणा विहिता योनिरेषा यस्माद् विधीयते । द्वितीयं क्रमश: प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते,मन और इन्द्रियोंको संयममें रखनेवाले गृहस्थोंके लिये स्वर्गलोकको ही प्रतिष्ठाका स्थान नियत किया है। ब्रह्माजीने गा्हस्थ्य-आश्रमको स्वर्गकी प्राप्तिका कारण बनाया है; इसीलिये इसके पालनका विधान किया गया है। इस प्रकार क्रमश: द्वितीय आश्रम गार्हस्थ्यको पाकर मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है
svargaloko gṛhasthānāṃ pratiṣṭhā niyatātmanām | brahmaṇā vihitā yonir eṣā yasmād vidhīyate | dvitīyaṃ kramaśaḥ prāpya svargaloke mahīyate ||
Vyāsa said: For householders who keep the mind disciplined, heaven is appointed as their firm standing and support. This mode of life—the householder’s estate—was ordained by Brahmā as a generative source and a cause leading to heaven; therefore its observance is enjoined. Thus, by duly attaining the second āśrama in proper order, a person is honored and established in the heavenly world.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the gṛhastha-āśrama, when lived with disciplined mind and senses, is a divinely ordained foundation of dharma and a legitimate path to heavenly reward; therefore its duties are to be observed as a prescribed rule of life.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa explains the ordered system of life-stages (āśramas), emphasizing the householder stage as the second āśrama and describing its divinely sanctioned role and its promised fruit—honor and establishment in Svargaloka for the self-controlled.