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Shloka 124

ज्येष्ठ-कनिष्ठ-धर्मः — Duties of Elders and Juniors

Anuśāsana-parva 108

पुत्रा: प्रदेया ज्ञानेषु कुलधर्मेषु भारत । भारत! उसके गर्भसे संतान उत्पन्न करके वंश-परम्पराको प्रतिष्ठित करे और ज्ञान तथा कुलधर्मकी शिक्षा पानेके लिये पुत्रोंको गुरुके आश्रममें भेज दे ।।

putrāḥ pradeyā jñāneṣu kuladharmeṣu bhārata | kanyā cotpādya dātavyā kulaputrāya dhīmate ||

ഹേ ഭാരതാ! പുത്രന്മാരെ ശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞാനവും കുലധർമ്മവും പഠിക്കാനായി ഗുരുവിന്റെ ആശ്രമത്തിൽ ഏൽപ്പിക്കണം; കന്യ ജനിച്ചാൽ, സുകുലജനനായ ബുദ്ധിമാനായ യോഗ്യ യുവാവിന് അവളെ വിവാഹമായി നൽകണം.

पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रदेयाःto be sent/given (over)
प्रदेयाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + दा
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ज्ञानेषुin/for (various) knowledges, studies
ज्ञानेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
कुलधर्मेषुin/for family-duties, clan-traditions
कुलधर्मेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुलधर्म
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कन्याम्a daughter
कन्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उत्पाद्यhaving produced/begotten
उत्पाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + पद्
FormLyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral as gerund)
दातव्याto be given (in marriage)
दातव्या:
TypeAdjective
Rootदा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कुलपुत्रायto a noble-born youth / son of a good family
कुलपुत्राय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकुलपुत्र
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
धीमतेto the intelligent/wise (man)
धीमते:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

To sustain and refine the family line through dharmic upbringing: sons should be trained in knowledge and kuladharma under a teacher, and daughters should be married to a worthy, wise man of good family—emphasizing education, responsibility, and social-ethical continuity.

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct (dharma). Here he outlines household and lineage obligations: educating sons through proper discipline and arranging a suitable marriage for a daughter.