Shloka 11
मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा
Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher
इन तीनोंकी आज्ञाका कभी उल्लंघन न करे
bhīṣma uvāca | imāṃs trīnājñāṃ kadācit na laṅghayet, etebhyo bhojanaṃ dattvā pūrvaṃ svayaṃ na bhuñjīta, eteṣu doṣāropaṇaṃ na kuryāt, sadā ca teṣāṃ sevāyāṃ saṃlagnas tiṣṭhet | etad eva paramam puṇyakarma | nṛpaśreṣṭha, teṣāṃ sevayā tvaṃ kīrtiṃ pavitraṃ yaśaś ca uttamalokāṃś ca sarvān prāpsyasi ||
毗湿摩说道：“切莫违犯这三位的命令。未先供养他们之前，不可自先进食；不可责咎于他们；当恒常勤于侍奉。此诚为最上功德。大王之最胜者啊，侍奉他们，你将得名声、清净之誉，并得至一切最上世界。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that the highest merit lies in disciplined reverence: obeying the injunctions of the revered three, feeding them before oneself, refraining from blaming them, and remaining steadily devoted to their service—actions that yield both moral purity and exalted reward.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma addresses the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) and prescribes concrete household and ethical conduct—especially prioritizing the care and honor of a specified triad—promising fame and higher spiritual attainments as the fruit of such service.