Shloka 28
कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace
स्वर्गलोको गृहस्थानां प्रतिष्ठा नियतात्मनाम् । ब्रहद्मणा विहिता योनिरेषा यस्माद् विधीयते । द्वितीयं क्रमश: प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते
svargaloko gṛhasthānāṃ pratiṣṭhā niyatātmanām | brahmaṇā vihitā yonir eṣā yasmād vidhīyate | dvitīyaṃ kramaśaḥ prāpya svargaloke mahīyate ||
毗耶娑说：对于能调伏其心的居家者，天界被指定为其坚固的立足处与依止处。这种生活方式——居家者之住（家住期，gṛhastha āśrama）——为梵天所制定，作为生养繁衍之源，亦为通往天界之因；因此其奉行被明令劝诫。由是，依次第如法成就第二住期者，便在天界受尊崇而得安立。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the gṛhastha-āśrama, when lived with disciplined mind and senses, is a divinely ordained foundation of dharma and a legitimate path to heavenly reward; therefore its duties are to be observed as a prescribed rule of life.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa explains the ordered system of life-stages (āśramas), emphasizing the householder stage as the second āśrama and describing its divinely sanctioned role and its promised fruit—honor and establishment in Svargaloka for the self-controlled.