Shloka 16
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
जातकर्मणि यत् प्राह पिता यच्चोपकर्मणि । पर्याप्त: स दृढीकार: पितुर्गौरवनिश्चये,“जातकर्म-संस्कार और उपनयन-संस्कारके समय पिताने जो आशीर्वाद दिया है, वह पिताके गौरवका निश्चय करानेमें पर्याप्त एवं सुदृढ़ प्रमाण है
jātakarmaṇi yat prāha pitā yac copakarmaṇi | paryāptaḥ sa dṛḍhīkāraḥ pitur gauravaniścaye ||
ജാതകർമ്മസംസ്കാരത്തിലും ഉപാകർമ്മ/ഉപനയന സമയത്തും പിതാവ് ഉച്ചരിക്കുന്ന ആശീർവചനങ്ങൾ പിതാവിന്റെ ഗൗരവവും അധികാരവും സ്ഥാപിക്കാൻ മതിയാകുന്ന—ദൃഢമായ തെളിവാണ്.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A father’s solemn words spoken during key saṃskāras (especially at birth and initiation into disciplined learning) carry enduring moral authority; they are treated as strong evidence for establishing the father’s honor and rightful standing, and by extension reinforce respect for elders and the dharmic weight of family rites.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he points to the father’s blessings uttered during foundational life-rites as a decisive confirmation of paternal dignity—using ritual context to argue that such speech is not casual but ethically binding and socially authoritative.