Shloka 34
गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः
Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka
विवाहांश्वैव कुर्वीत पुत्रानुत्पादयेत च । पुत्रलाभो हि कौरव्य सर्वलाभाद् विशिष्यते,कुरुनन्दन! मनुष्य विवाह करे और पुत्र उत्पन्न करे। पुत्रका लाभ सब लाभोंसे बढ़कर है
vivāhāṁś caiva kurvīta putrān utpādayet ca | putralābho hi kauravya sarvalābhād viśiṣyate, kurunandana ||
കുരുനന്ദനാ! മനുഷ്യൻ വിവാഹം കഴിക്കുകയും പുത്രന്മാരെ ജനിപ്പിക്കുകയും വേണം; കാരണം, കൗരവ്യ, പുത്രലാഭം എല്ലാ ലാഭങ്ങളെയും അതിക്രമിക്കുന്നു.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that entering marriage and producing offspring is a key duty of the householder, and that the ‘gain of a son’—symbolizing continuity of family, social obligations, and ritual responsibilities—is regarded as superior to other worldly gains.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing a Kuru prince (addressed as ‘Kauravya’ and ‘Kurunandana’) on dharma. Here he gives direct prescriptive counsel about marriage and progeny as part of righteous living.