Shloka 97

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

Devanagari script

जनेश्वर! इस गृहस्थ-धर्मका पालन करते रहनेपर तुम इहलोकमें सुयश और परलोकमें स्वर्ग प्राप्त कर लोगे ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि बलिदानविधिनाम सप्तनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

janeśvara! asya gṛhastha-dharmasya pālanaṃ satataṃ kurvan tvaṃ iha-loke suyaśaḥ prāpsyasi, para-loke ca svargaṃ prāpsyasi.

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «О владыка людей! Если ты и впредь будешь хранить эту дхарму домохозяина (gṛhastha-dharma), то в этом мире обретёшь добрую славу, а в мире ином достигнешь небес (svarga)». — Так в «Шри Махабхарате», в «Анушасана-парве», в разделе о дхарме дарения, завершается девяносто седьмая глава, именуемая «Установление бали-дана (жертвенного подношения)».

Word by Word

• जनेश्वर: O lord of people
• जनेश्वर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतस्य: of this
• एतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गृहस्थधर्मस्य: of the householder's duty
• गृहस्थधर्मस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ-धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पालने: in (the act of) observing/maintaining
• पालने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सति: when/while (it) is (so); being (the case)
• सति: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular, Present active participle (sat), locative absolute

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सुयशः: good fame
• सुयशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परत्र: hereafter, in the next world
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् + आप्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• janeśvara (addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady observance of gṛhastha-dharma yields two fruits: honorable reputation in this life and heavenly attainment after death—linking ethical household conduct with both social and spiritual outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section on gifts and offerings, Bhishma concludes a counsel to the addressed ruler, affirming the benefits of continuing the prescribed householder duties.