Shloka 201
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दी श्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च
devasya ca guhasyāpi devyā nandīśvarasya ca | baliṁ suvihitaṁ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca
देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दीश्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Proper worship and ethical practice must go together: ritual offerings (bali) are to be performed correctly, and one’s conduct should be governed by dama (self-restraint) and niyama (disciplined observance).
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a prescribed sequence of honoring specific deities—Guha, the Goddess, and Nandīśvara—through duly arranged offerings, emphasizing that the practitioner should maintain restraint and disciplined practice while undertaking the rite.