Shloka 42
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
ब्रह्म॒चर्येण तपसा यत्नेन च दमेन च
brahmacaryeṇa tapasā yatnena ca damena ca, śakyaḥ samāsādayituṃ golokaḥ puṣkarekṣaṇa.
ビーシュマは言った。「おお蓮華の眼をもつ者よ、ゴーローカは、梵行（ブラフマチャリヤ）、苦行（タパス）、たゆまぬ精進、そして自制によってのみ到達できる。かの至上の境地は、ただ望むだけでは得られず、諸徳の行を堅く修することによって至る——感官の制御、功徳ある布施、ティールタ（聖地）への巡礼、大いなるタパス、その他の吉祥なる善業によって。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attainment of a higher realm like Goloka is presented as the fruit of sustained ethical-spiritual discipline—brahmacarya, tapas, diligent effort, and sense-control—supported by other meritorious acts such as charity and pilgrimage.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, explaining to his listener that exalted destinations are not gained casually but through rigorous vows and virtuous practice, emphasizing restraint and austerity as primary means.