Shloka 15
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
पितृदैवतपूजाभिर््राह्यिणाभ्यर्चनेन च । अनन्तं पुण्यलोकं तु गन्तासि त्वं न संशय:,राजन! तुम पितरों और देवताओंकी पूजासे तथा ब्राह्मणोंका आदर-सत्कार करनेसे अक्षय पुण्यलोकमें जाओगे, इसमें संशय नहीं है
pitṛ-daivata-pūjābhir brāhmaṇābhyarcaneṇa ca | anantaṁ puṇya-lokaṁ tu gantāsi tvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ, rājan ||
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Dengan menyembah Pitṛs dan para dewa, serta dengan menghormati dan melayani para brāhmaṇa dengan penuh takzim, engkau pasti akan mencapai alam kebajikan yang tidak binasa dan tidak bertepi—wahai raja, tiada keraguan tentangnya.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Reverence toward ancestors and gods, together with respectful service to brāhmaṇas, is presented as a dharmic practice that generates enduring merit and leads to an imperishable blessed state (puṇya-loka).
Mārkaṇḍeya addresses a king and assures him that his pious conduct—worship of Pitṛs and deities and honoring brāhmaṇas—will certainly result in attaining a boundless realm of merit.