Shloka 87
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
भयात्पापात्तथा बाधादू दारिद्रयाद् व्याधिधर्षणात् । यत्कृते प्रतिमुच्यन्ते ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:
bhayāt pāpāt tathā bādhād dāridryād vyādhidharṣaṇāt | yatkṛte pratimucyante te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Ces hommes par l’effort sincère desquels d’autres sont délivrés de la peur, du péché, de l’affliction, de la pauvreté et du tourment causé par la maladie — ces bienfaiteurs-là vont au ciel.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One who actively frees others from major forms of suffering—fear, sin, affliction, poverty, and disease—earns great merit and is said to attain heaven. Dharma here is defined as practical beneficence, not merely personal purity.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he extols the spiritual fruit of helping others. The verse functions as a moral commendation of those whose efforts remove others’ hardships, linking social compassion with heavenly reward.