Shloka 14

वेदाध्ययननित्यत्वं क्षमाथाचार्यपूजनम्‌ | अथोपाध्यायशुश्रूषा ब्रह्माश्रमपर्दं भवेत्‌,जो प्रतिदिन वेदोंका स्वाध्याय करता है, क्षमाभाव रखता है, आचार्यकी पूजा करता है और गुरुकी सेवामें संलग्न रहता है, उसे ब्रह्माश्रम (संन्यास) द्वारा मिलनेवाला फल प्राप्त होता है

vedādhyayana-nityatvaṁ kṣamāthācārya-pūjanam | athopādhyāya-śuśrūṣā brahmāśrama-phalaṁ bhavet ||

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—నిత్యం వేదాధ్యయనంలో స్థిరుడై, క్షమాగుణంతో ఉండి, ఆచార్యుని పూజించి, ఉపాధ్యాయుడు/గురువు సేవలో నిమగ్నుడై ఉండేవాడు బ్రహ్మాశ్రమం (సన్న్యాసం) ఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు।

वेदाध्ययननित्यत्वम्constant practice of Veda-study
वेदाध्ययननित्यत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेद-अध्ययन-नित्यत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
क्षमाforbearance
क्षमा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षमा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अथand/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
आचार्यपूजनम्worship/honouring of the teacher
आचार्यपूजनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य-पूजन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अथand/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
उपाध्यायशुश्रूषाservice/attendance upon the preceptor
उपाध्यायशुश्रूषा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय-शुश्रूषा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्माश्रमपदम्the state/fruit of the brahma-āśrama (brahmacarya)
ब्रह्माश्रमपदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म-आश्रम-पद
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भवेत्would be / becomes
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Veda
Ā
ācārya
U
upādhyāya
B
brahma-āśrama

Educational Q&A

Regular Vedic self-study, patience/forbearance, reverence to one’s teacher, and devoted service to the preceptor can yield the same spiritual merit traditionally associated with the Brahma-āśrama (renunciant ideal). The verse elevates disciplined learning and humility as a direct path to high religious fruit.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma is teaching Yudhiṣṭhira about conduct and the sources of religious merit. Here he highlights student-like virtues—study, forgiveness, honoring teachers, and service—as practices that confer exalted results comparable to those of formal renunciation.