Shloka 7
Putra-Bheda: Kṣetraja, Kṛtaka, Apasada, and Saṃskāra Determinations (पुत्रभेद-निर्णयः)
जामीश पप्तानि गेहानि निकृत्तानीव कृत्यया । नैव भान्ति न वर्धन्ते श्रिया हीनानि पार्थिव
jāmīṣu praptāni gehāni nikṛttānīva kṛtyayā | naiva bhānti na vardhante śriyā hīnāni pārthiva ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Quand les femmes d’une famille—ses filles et ses brus—sont poussées au chagrin par la souffrance, cette lignée s’achemine vers la ruine. Les maisons qu’elles, accablées, maudissent deviennent désertes, comme si un rite malfaisant les avait tranchées. Ô roi ! Les foyers privés de śrī ne brillent pas d’honneur et ne croissent pas en force.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A family’s stability and prosperity depend on the well-being and honor of its women; when they are made to suffer and become grief-stricken, the household loses auspiciousness (śrī) and declines, as if struck by a destructive force.
In Bhishma’s instruction to the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) on conduct and social duty, he warns that neglecting or harming the women of a lineage leads to curses, loss of prosperity, and the desolation of homes.