Shloka 25
छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear
जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि व्रतोपनयनानि च । गोदानानि विवाहाश्न तथा यज्ञसमृद्धयः
jātakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vratopanayanāni ca | godānāni vivāhāś ca tathā yajñasamṛddhayaḥ ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಜಾತಕರ್ಮದಿಂದ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ವ್ರತಗಳು, ಉಪನಯನ, ಗೋদান, ವಿವಾಹ ಮತ್ತು ಯಜ್ಞಗಳ ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ—ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಅನ್ನದ ಆಧಾರದಿಂದಲೇ ನೆರವೇರುತ್ತವೆ; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳ ಧಾರಣೆ ಅನ್ನದಿಂದಲೇ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rituals, social sacraments, and meritorious gifts depend on sustenance—especially food and the resources that provide it. Dharma is not merely an ideal; it requires practical support to be enacted.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he lists major life-rites and religious acts to emphasize that their successful performance relies on material provision (implicitly, the household economy and the duty to sustain others).