पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
अनवज्ञा पितुर्युक्ता धारणं मातृरक्षणम् । युक्तक्षमावुभावेतौ नातिवर्तेत मां कथम्
anavajñā pitur yuktā dhāraṇaṃ mātṛrakṣaṇam | yuktakṣamāv ubhāv etau nātivarteta māṃ katham
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ການບໍ່ເບິ່ງຖືກພໍ່ນັ້ນເປັນສິ່ງຄວນ, ແລະການຄ້ຳຈຸນປົກປ້ອງແມ່ກໍເປັນໜ້າທີ່ອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ. ເມື່ອທັງສອງເປັນທຳອັນຊອບທັງຄູ່, ຂ້ອຍຈະລ່ວງລະເມີດຄຳສັ່ງຂອງແມ່ໄດ້ແນວໃດ?»
भीष्म उवाच
One should neither disrespect the father nor neglect the protection and support of the mother; when duties to parents are righteous, one should not transgress them, even under pressure.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma explains his ethical reasoning: he frames obedience to a mother’s directive as consistent with dharma, alongside the duty of honoring the father.