Shanti Parva Adhyaya 109 Shloka 26 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 26

मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा

Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher

Devanagari script

येन प्रीणात्युपाध्यायं तेन स्याद्‌ ब्रह्म पूजितम्‌ । मातृतः पितृतश्वैव तस्मात्‌ पूज्यतमो गुरु:

Transliteration

yena prīṇāty upādhyāyaṁ tena syād brahma pūjitam | mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaś caiva tasmāt pūjyatamo guruḥ ||

Translation

येन प्रीणात्युपाध्यायं तेन स्याद् ब्रह्म पूजितम् । मातृतः पितृतश्चैव तस्मात् पूज्यतमो गुरुः ॥

Word by Word

येनby which (means)

प्रीणातिpleases

उपाध्यायम्the teacher (preceptor)

तेनby that

स्यात्would be / becomes

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)

पूजितम्worshipped / honored

मातृतःthan (one's) mother / from the mother

पितृतःthan (one's) father / from the father

चand

एवindeed

तस्मात्therefore / from that

पूज्यतमःmost worthy of worship

गुरुःthe teacher

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Upadhyaya (teacher)

Brahman (Supreme Reality)

Guru

Mother

Father

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Serving and pleasing one’s teacher through proper conduct is itself a form of worship of Brahman; hence the guru deserves the highest honor, even surpassing the reverence owed to parents.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and right conduct; here he emphasizes the spiritual significance of honoring the teacher, framing it as direct worship of the Supreme.