Shloka 3
मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा
Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher
भीष्म उवाच मातापित्रोर्गुरूणां च पूजा बहुमता मम । इह युक्तो नरो लोकान् यशश्च महदश्लुते
bhīṣma uvāca mātāpitrorgurūṇāṃ ca pūjā bahumatā mama | iha yukto naro lokān yaśaś ca mahad aśnute ||
Bhīṣma dit : «À mes yeux, honorer sa mère et son père, ainsi que ses maîtres, est d’une importance suprême. Celui qui, en ce monde, se voue à cette pratique vertueuse obtient une grande renommée et atteint ensuite des demeures excellentes.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that reverential service to one’s parents and teachers is a foremost dharmic duty; it yields both social virtue—great fame—and spiritual fruit—attainment of higher realms.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma addresses the king and presents a normative ethical principle: the worshipful honoring of parents and gurus as a central practice that brings worldly and otherworldly benefit.