Shloka 35
Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)
स्थितिं च धर्मे जग्राह स तस्माद् गुरुवत्सल: । अनुज्ञातश्न गुरुणा चचारानुत्तमं तप:
sthitiṁ ca dharme jagrāha sa tasmād guruvatsalaḥ | anujñātaś ca guruṇā cacārānuttamaṁ tapaḥ ||
گرو سے محبت رکھنے والے وِپُل نے گرو سے یہی ور مانگا کہ ‘دھرم میں میری ثابت قدمی ہمیشہ قائم رہے۔’ پھر گرو کی اجازت پا کر اس نے اعلیٰ ترین تپسیا شروع کی۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharma is sustained by disciplined practice (tapas) guided by humility and respect for one’s teacher; ethical steadiness is something to be consciously sought and maintained.
A devoted disciple asks for unwavering establishment in dharma, receives the guru’s permission, and then begins an intense course of austerity to secure that moral and spiritual stability.