Shloka 10

यम उवाच तपःशौचवता नित्यं सत्यधर्मरतेन च | मातापित्रोरहरह: पूजनं कार्यमज्जसा,यमराजने कहा--ब्रह्मन्‌! मनुष्य तप करे, बाहर-भीतरसे पवित्र रहे और सदा सत्यभाषणरूप धर्मके पालनमें तत्पर रहे। यह सब करते हुए ही उसे नित्यप्रति माता- पिताकी सेवा-पूजा करनी चाहिये

yama uvāca tapaḥ-śaucavatā nityaṁ satya-dharma-ratena ca | mātā-pitror ahar-ahaḥ pūjanaṁ kāryam ajjasā ||

യമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മനുഷ്യൻ നിത്യം തപസ്സു അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം, ബാഹ്യാന്തര ശുചിത്വം പാലിക്കണം, സത്യധർമ്മത്തിൽ സദാ നിരതനായിരിക്കണം. ഇതെല്ലാം ചെയ്യുന്നതിനോടൊപ്പം താമസമില്ലാതെ ദിനംപ്രതി മാതാപിതാക്കളുടെ സേവയും പൂജയും നിർബന്ധമായി നടത്തണം.

यमःYama
यमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
तपःausterity
तपः:
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
शौचवताby/with one who is pure; by purity
शौचवता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootशौचवत्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
सत्यtruth
सत्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
धर्मdharma, righteousness
धर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रतेनby one devoted/engaged
रतेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootरत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
माताof (one's) mother
माता:
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
पित्रोःof the two parents (mother and father)
पित्रोः:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual
अहरहःday by day, daily
अहरहः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहरहः
पूजनम्worship, honoring
पूजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूजन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कार्यम्to be done, should be done
कार्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अज्जसाstraightaway, certainly, without delay
अज्जसा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअज्जस

यम उवाच

Y
Yama
M
mother
F
father

Educational Q&A

True dharma is not only personal discipline (tapas) and inner–outer purity (śauca) with steadfast truthfulness (satya), but also the concrete daily duty of honoring and serving one’s parents.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Yama speaks as an authority on moral law, prescribing a practical code: cultivate austerity, purity, and truth, and alongside these virtues perform daily reverence toward one’s mother and father.