Shloka 201
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दी श्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च
devasya ca guhasyāpi devyā nandīśvarasya ca | baliṁ suvihitaṁ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca
ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਦੇਵ ਗੁਹ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ, ਦੇਵੀ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਨੰਦੀਸ਼ਵਰ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਬਲੀ ਭੇਟ ਕਰਕੇ, ਫਿਰ ਦਮ (ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ-ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹ) ਅਤੇ ਨਿਯਮ (ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ) ਨਾਲ ਆਚਰਨ ਕਰੇ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Proper worship and ethical practice must go together: ritual offerings (bali) are to be performed correctly, and one’s conduct should be governed by dama (self-restraint) and niyama (disciplined observance).
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a prescribed sequence of honoring specific deities—Guha, the Goddess, and Nandīśvara—through duly arranged offerings, emphasizing that the practitioner should maintain restraint and disciplined practice while undertaking the rite.