Shloka 51
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
सुतप्तं च तपो देवा ममाराधनकाम्यया । भोक्ष्यथास्य महासत्त्वास्तपस: फलमुत्तमम्
sutataptaṃ ca tapo devā māmārādhanakāmyayā | bhokṣyathāsya mahāsattvāstapasaḥ phalam uttamam ||
হে মহাসত্ত্ব, ধৈৰ্যশালী দেবগণ! মোৰ আৰাধনা কৰাৰ ইচ্ছাৰে তোমালোকেই ঘোৰ তপস্যা কৰিছে; সেই তপস্যাৰ উত্তম ফল তোমালোক নিশ্চয় ভোগ কৰিবা।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sincere, well-endured tapas performed with devotional intent bears a definite and elevated fruit; spiritual effort is portrayed as morally efficacious and reliably rewarded.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a divine assurance addressed to the gods: because they have performed intense austerities to offer worship, they are promised the highest result of that ascetic practice.