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Shloka 20

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

भोग्ये भोज्ये प्रवचने सर्वलोकनिदर्शने । भर्त्रां चैव समायोगे सीमन्तोन्नयने तथा,'पुत्रके भोग्य (वस्त्र आदि), भोज्य (अन्न आदि), प्रवचन (वेदाध्ययन), सम्पूर्ण लोक- व्यवहारकी शिक्षा तथा गर्भाधान, पुंसतवन और सीमन्तोन्रयन आदि समस्त संस्कारोंके सम्पादनमें पिता ही प्रभु है

bhogye bhojye pravacane sarvalokanidarśane | bhartrāṃ caiva samāyoge sīmantonnayane tathā ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ในเรื่องสิ่งอันพึงใช้สอยและเสพ, สิ่งอันพึงบริโภค, ในการสั่งสอนและการศึกษาพระเวท, ในการเรียนรู้จารีตและแบบแผนแห่งโลกทั้งปวง, ตลอดจนการร่วมประเวณีของสามีภรรยาเพื่อการปฏิสนธิ และพิธีกรรมอย่างสีมันโตนนยนะเป็นต้น—บิดาย่อมเป็นผู้มีอำนาจอันชอบธรรม”

भोग्येin/with regard to enjoyable things
भोग्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभोग्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भोज्येin/with regard to eatables
भोज्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभोज्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
प्रवचनेin recitation/teaching (esp. Vedic study)
प्रवचने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रवचन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सर्वलोकनिदर्शनेin instruction/illustration of all worldly conduct
सर्वलोकनिदर्शने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वलोकनिदर्शन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भर्तॄणाम्of husbands
भर्तॄणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
समायोगेin union/association
समायोगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमायोग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सीमन्तोन्नयनेin the rite of sīmanta-raising (sīmanta-onnayana)
सीमन्तोन्नयने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसीमन्तोन्नयन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
F
father (pitṛ)
H
husband (bhartṛ)
S
sīmantonnayana (saṃskāra)

Educational Q&A

The verse asserts the father’s primary guardianship and decision-making role in a child’s upbringing and key life-rites—covering material provisions, education (including Vedic learning), social training, and the performance of prenatal/household saṃskāras—framing this as part of ordered dharma within the family.

In the Śānti Parva’s dharma instruction, Bhishma is laying out norms of household and social duty. Here he enumerates domains—enjoyments, food, teaching, worldly conduct, conjugal rites, and prenatal ceremonies—where paternal authority is recognized as decisive.