Shloka 14
Durgātitaraṇa—Conduct for Crossing Difficulties (दुर्गातितरणम्)
ये तपश्च तपस्यन्ति कौमारब्रह्मचारिण: । विद्यावेदव्रतस्नाता दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते
ye tapaś ca tapasyanti kaumāra-brahmacāriṇaḥ | vidyā-veda-vrata-snātā durgāṇy atitaranti te ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—যিসকলে সত্যই তপস্যা কৰে, যিসকলে কৌমাৰ্যৰ পৰা ব্রহ্মচৰ্যত অচল থাকে, আৰু যিসকলে বিদ্যা আৰু বেদাধ্যয়নৰ ব্ৰত সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰি স্নাতক হৈছে—তেওঁলোকে দুস্তৰ দুখো অতিক্ৰম কৰে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A life of disciplined austerity—especially brahmacarya maintained from youth, together with completed learning and Vedic observances—builds inner strength that enables a person to overcome even severe hardships.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma is teaching Yudhishthira by praising the power of tapas, student-discipline, and fulfilled Vedic study, presenting them as means to cross otherwise difficult sufferings.