Shloka 203
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
मृतश्न स्वर्गमाप्नोति तिर्यक्षु च न जायते । इत्याह भगवान् व्यास: पराशरसुत: प्रभु:
mṛtaśnaḥ svargam āpnoti tiryakṣu ca na jāyate | ity āha bhagavān vyāsaḥ parāśarasutaḥ prabhuḥ ||
Bhīṣma disse: “Aquele que come somente depois de oferecer (e não apenas para si) alcança o céu e não nasce entre os reinos inferiores dos animais. Assim declarou o venerável sábio Vyāsa, o poderoso filho de Parāśara.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-restraint and generosity in daily life—especially eating only after making proper offerings and feeding others—creates merit that leads to heavenly attainment and prevents rebirth in lower (animal) existences.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma cites an authoritative statement of sage Vyāsa to support a moral rule about food, offering, and the karmic consequences of unselfish conduct.