Shloka 198
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
शृणुयाच्चैव या नारी तद्धक्ता ब्रह्मचारिणी । पितृपक्षे भर्त॒पक्षे पूज्या भवति देववत्
śṛṇuyāccaiva yā nārī tadbhaktā brahmacāriṇī | pitṛpakṣe bhartṛpakṣe pūjyā bhavati devavat ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Ang babaeng nakikinig sa (himnong) ito, na may debosyon sa Kanya at tumutupad sa brahmacarya, ay nagiging karapat-dapat igalang na parang isang diyos—kapwa sa angkan ng kanyang ama at sa angkan ng kanyang asawa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) combined with disciplined conduct (brahmacarya) elevates one’s moral and social-spiritual standing, making the practitioner worthy of reverence in both natal and marital families.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction within the Śānti Parva, he describes the फल (result) of hearing a Śaṅkara-centered stotra with devotion and continence: the listener becomes honored like a deity in both paternal and husband’s lineages.