Bhishma said Adoring the preceptor, always reverentially attending the aged, and listening to the scriptures,-these are said to be of supreme benefit.
भीष्म उवाच गुरुपूजा च सततं वृद्धानां पर्युपासनम्। श्रवणं चैव शास्त्राणां कूटस्थं श्रेय उच्यते॥