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Shloka 17

मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा

Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher

दशाचार्यानुपाध्याय उपाध्यायान्‌ पिता दश | पितृन्‌ दश तु मातैका सर्वा वा पृथिवीमपि

daśācāryān upādhyāya upādhyāyān pitā daś | pitṝn daśa tu mātāikā sarvā vā pṛthivīm api ||

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– “upādhyāya (ဥပာဓျာယ) ကို ဆရာတစ်ဆယ်ကဲ့သို့ ဂုဏ်ပြုရမည်။ ဖခင်ကို upādhyāya တစ်ဆယ်ကဲ့သို့ ဂုဏ်ပြုရမည်။ သို့သော် မိခင်တစ်ဦးတည်းသည် ဖခင်တစ်ဆယ်ထက်ပင် မြင့်မြတ်၏—အမှန်တကယ်ပင် မြေကြီးတစ်လုံးလုံးထက်တောင် ပို၍ ဘုရားတင်လေးစားထိုက်သည်။”

दशten
दश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आचार्यान्teachers
आचार्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उपाध्यायःa preceptor (sub-teacher)
उपाध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपाध्यायान्preceptors
उपाध्यायान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दशten
दश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पितॄन्fathers/forefathers
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दशten
दश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एकाone (single)
एका:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वाall/entire
सर्वा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Ā
ācārya (teacher)
U
upādhyāya (instructor)
P
pitā (father)
M
mātā (mother)
P
pṛthivī (earth)

Educational Q&A

The verse ranks objects of reverence to stress that the mother deserves the highest honor: teachers are venerable, fathers are more venerable still, but the mother surpasses even many fathers—implying that gratitude, service, and non-injury toward one’s mother are paramount duties within dharma.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct and social-ethical duties. Here he uses a numerical comparison to emphasize the exceptional sanctity of the mother’s role and the moral obligation to honor her above other respected figures.