Shloka 3
Putra-Bheda: Kṣetraja, Kṛtaka, Apasada, and Saṃskāra Determinations (पुत्रभेद-निर्णयः)
पितृभिभ्भ्रातृभिश्चापि श्वशुरैरथ देवरै: । पूज्या भूषयितव्याश्न॒ बहुकल्याणमीप्सुभि:
pitṛbhiḥ bhrātṛbhiś cāpi śvaśuraiḥ atha devaraiḥ | pūjyā bhūṣayitavyā ca bahu-kalyāṇam īpsubhiḥ ||
ବହୁବିଧ କଲ୍ୟାଣ ଆଶା କରୁଥିବା ପିତା, ଭାଇ, ଶ୍ୱଶୁର ଓ ଦେବରମାନେ ନବବଧୂଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜା କରି, ବସ୍ତ୍ର-ଆଭୂଷଣ ଦ୍ୱାରା ସତ୍କାର କରି ଶୋଭିତ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Household dharma requires that a new bride be received with reverence and tangible honor (welcome, gifts, adornment). Such respectful conduct by the husband’s family is presented as a means to secure kalyāṇa—auspicious welfare—for the family and lineage.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he gives a specific social-ethical rule: the elders and male relatives (fathers/elders, brothers, father-in-law, brothers-in-law) should honor and adorn the newly married woman, emphasizing proper familial conduct and auspicious household order.