Shloka 12
देवतानां महाभाग धर्मचर्या न हीयते । अतिथीनां च सत्कारे नित्ययुक्तास्म्यतन्द्रिता,महाभाग! देवताओंकी आराधनारूप धर्मचर्यामें कोई कमी नहीं आयी है, अतिथियोंके सत्कारमें भी मैं सदा आलस्य छोड़कर लगी रही हूँ
devatānāṁ mahābhāga dharmacaryā na hīyate | atithīnāṁ ca satkāre nityayuktāsmy atandritā ||
Bhishma dit : «Ô noble être, ma pratique du dharma—qui s’exprime par le culte et l’honneur rendus aux dieux—n’a diminué en rien. De même, dans l’accueil et l’hommage aux hôtes, je demeure sans cesse appliqué, exempt de négligence et de paresse.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is sustained through steady daily observances: reverence toward the divine and conscientious hospitality toward guests. Ethical life is shown not by claims but by unwavering practice without laziness or neglect.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma speaks to a noble interlocutor and asserts the constancy of his dharmic conduct—specifically, that his worship of the gods and his respectful reception of guests have not declined.