Shloka 113
Putra-Bheda: Kṣetraja, Kṛtaka, Apasada, and Saṃskāra Determinations (पुत्रभेद-निर्णयः)
सम्मान्यमानाश्ैता हि सर्वकार्याण्यवाप्स्यथ । 'संतानकी उत्पत्ति
sammānyamānāś ca etā hi sarvakāryāṇy avāpsyatha | santānakī utpattiḥ, utpannasya bālakasya lālana-pālanaṃ tathā lokayātrāyāḥ prasannatāpūrvakaṃ nirvāhaḥ—etān sarvān strīṇām eva adhīnaṃ manyadhvam | yadi yūyaṃ striyaḥ sammāniṣyatha tarhi yuṣmākaṃ sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhyanti ||
Sinabi ni Bhishma: “Kung igagalang ninyo ang mga babaeng ito, makakamtan ninyo ang tagumpay sa lahat ng inyong gawain. Alamin ninyo na ang paglikha ng supling, ang pag-aaruga at pag-iingat sa batang isinilang, at ang maayos at masayang pagpapatuloy ng buhay-pamilya at buhay-lipunan—ang lahat ng ito ay nakasalalay sa mga babae. Kaya kung ipagkakaloob ninyo sa kanila ang nararapat na paggalang, matutupad ang lahat ng inyong layunin at tungkulin.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that honoring women is a practical and ethical duty: family continuity, child-rearing, and the harmonious functioning of worldly/household life depend upon women; therefore respect toward them leads to success in one’s undertakings.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the social and moral importance of women within household and societal life, urging respectful conduct as a means to stability and accomplishment.