Shloka 25
छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear
जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि व्रतोपनयनानि च । गोदानानि विवाहाश्न तथा यज्ञसमृद्धयः
jātakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vratopanayanāni ca | godānāni vivāhāś ca tathā yajñasamṛddhayaḥ ||
भीष्म उवाच—जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि व्रतोपनयनानि च । गोदानानि विवाहाश्च तथा यज्ञसमृद्धयः ॥ एते सर्वेऽन्नतः सिद्धाः प्राणिनां धारणं हि तत् ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rituals, social sacraments, and meritorious gifts depend on sustenance—especially food and the resources that provide it. Dharma is not merely an ideal; it requires practical support to be enacted.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he lists major life-rites and religious acts to emphasize that their successful performance relies on material provision (implicitly, the household economy and the duty to sustain others).