Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 124
ज्येष्ठ-कनिष्ठ-धर्मः — Duties of Elders and Juniors
Anuśāsana-parva 108
पुत्रा: प्रदेया ज्ञानेषु कुलधर्मेषु भारत । भारत! उसके गर्भसे संतान उत्पन्न करके वंश-परम्पराको प्रतिष्ठित करे और ज्ञान तथा कुलधर्मकी शिक्षा पानेके लिये पुत्रोंको गुरुके आश्रममें भेज दे ।।
putrāḥ pradeyā jñāneṣu kuladharmeṣu bhārata | kanyā cotpādya dātavyā kulaputrāya dhīmate ||
Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi Bhārata, các con trai phải được giao phó cho bậc thầy để học thánh tri và bổn phận của dòng tộc. Còn khi sinh con gái, hãy gả nàng cho một chàng trai xứng đáng, hiền trí, thuộc gia tộc tốt.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To sustain and refine the family line through dharmic upbringing: sons should be trained in knowledge and kuladharma under a teacher, and daughters should be married to a worthy, wise man of good family—emphasizing education, responsibility, and social-ethical continuity.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct (dharma). Here he outlines household and lineage obligations: educating sons through proper discipline and arranging a suitable marriage for a daughter.