Shloka 27
च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions
आत्मवद् वै प्रयुड्जीरन् संस्कारान् ब्राह्मणादय: । धर्मशास्त्रेषु वर्णानां निश्चयो<यं प्रदृश्यते
ātmavad vai prayuñjīran saṃskārān brāhmaṇādayaḥ | dharmaśāstreṣu varṇānāṃ niścayo 'yaṃ pradṛśyate ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Les brahmanes et les autres ordres sociaux doivent accomplir pour leurs fils les sacrements prescrits comme ils les accompliraient pour eux-mêmes. Telle est la conclusion arrêtée que l’on voit dans les Dharmaśāstras au sujet des rites des varṇa.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the prescribed saṃskāras (rites of passage) should be performed for one’s sons without discrimination—‘as for oneself’—and that this is the established Dharmaśāstra position regarding varṇa-based ritual duties.
Bhīṣma, in his instruction on dharma, states a normative rule drawn from Dharmaśāstra: Brahmins and the other varṇas should duly administer the sacraments, affirming an authoritative conclusion about ritual obligations.