Shloka 35
गोमूल्यनिर्णयः — The Determination of Value through the Cow
Nahuṣa–Cyavana Episode
स्वशरीरैरपि त्राणं बाह्यानां सिद्धिकारणम् । भवन्ति मनुजव्याघ्र तत्र मे नास्ति संशय:
svaśarīrair api trāṇaṃ bāhyānāṃ siddhikāraṇam | bhavanti manujavyāghra tatra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—मनुजव्याघ्रा! स्वतःच्या देहाला कष्ट देऊनही परक्यांचे रक्षण करणे हे सिद्धीचे कारण ठरते; याबाबत मला संशय नाही.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that altruistic protection—defending others even at personal bodily cost—is a powerful form of dharma and becomes a direct cause of spiritual attainment (siddhi).
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues his instruction on righteous conduct, emphasizing to his listener (addressed as “tiger among men”) that self-sacrificing compassion and protection of others are unquestionably meritorious.