Shloka 17
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
शुश्रूषया परॉल्लोकानवाप्स्यसि न संशय:
śuśrūṣayā parāṁl lokān avāpsyasi na saṁśayaḥ
ビーシュマは言った。「篤い奉仕（シュシュルーシャー）によって、汝はより高き諸世界を得るであろう――疑いはない。」アーシュラマの長は告げた。「この庵では、シュードラがサンニャーサの外形の標（しるし）を帯びて住むことは許されぬ。ここに留まりたいなら、ただの姿で留まり、サードゥやマハートマーに仕えよ。奉仕によってこそ、汝は勝れた世界を得る――疑いはない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devoted service (śuśrūṣā)—especially to sādhus and disciplined elders—is presented as a direct means to spiritual merit and higher attainment; inner conduct and service can outweigh mere external renunciant signs.
Bhīṣma, in his instruction on dharma, assures the listener that by remaining in an āśrama setting and serving the virtuous with sincerity, one will gain exalted results; the surrounding context (as reflected in the Gītā Press Hindi note) contrasts eligibility for renunciant marks with the universally accessible path of service.