Shloka 15
राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता
Royal Consecration, the Fault of Kinglessness, and the Necessity of Enforcement
आह्रिकं जपमानस्य देवान् पूजयत: सदा । धर्मेण पुरुषव्याप्र धर्माश्रमपदं भवेत्,पुरुषसिंह! जो प्रतिदिन इष्ट-मन्त्रका जप और देवताओंका सदा पूजन करता है, उसे उस धर्मके प्रभावसे धर्माश्रमके पालनका अर्थात् गार्हस्थ्य धर्मके पालनका पुण्यफल प्राप्त होता है
āhrikaṃ japamānasya devān pūjayataḥ sadā | dharmeṇa puruṣavyāpta dharmāśramapadaṃ bhavet, puruṣasiṃha! |
Bhīṣma disse: “Ó leão entre os homens, aquele que diariamente cumpre os ritos prescritos e recita mantras sagrados, e que continuamente venera os deuses, alcança—pelo poder desse dharma—a condição meritória de manter devidamente o āśrama do dharma, isto é, o caminho do chefe de família (gārhastha).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular performance of daily obligatory rites, mantra-recitation (japa), and worship of the gods generates dharmic merit that is equivalent to (or establishes one in) the proper fulfillment of the householder’s āśrama-duties.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the listener on dharma after the war, emphasizing disciplined daily religious practice as a foundation for ethical life and for attaining the recognized merit of the gārhasthya (householder) stage.