Shloka 49
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
कृते च तस्मिन् भविता तवापि सुमहान् गुण:,तब सम्पूर्ण देवता और महर्षि उनसे बोले--“हम तुम्हें एक कार्यमें नियुक्त करेंगे। उसे तुम्हें करना चाहिये। उस कार्यको सम्पन्न कर देनेपर तुम्हें भी बहुत बड़ा लाभ होगा”
kṛte ca tasmin bhavitā tavāpi sumahān guṇaḥ | tataḥ sampūrṇā devatā maharṣayaś ca tam ūcuḥ—“vayaṃ tvāṃ ekasmin kārye niyokṣyāmaḥ | tat tvayā kartavyam | tasya kāryasya sampādanāt tavāpi bahu mahān lābho bhaviṣyati” ||
“ആ കര്മ്മം പൂർത്തിയായാൽ നിനക്കും അത്യന്തം മഹത്തായ പുണ്യലാഭം ഉണ്ടാകും.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes that accepting and completing an assigned duty (kārya) is ethically binding (kartavya) and yields significant moral/spiritual merit (guṇa) and benefit (lābha), especially when the duty is sanctioned by wise and divine authorities.
Bhishma narrates that after a certain work is to be completed, the gathered gods and great seers speak to a person, formally appointing him to a specific task and assuring him that completing it will bring him great gain.