Shloka 2
तापती–संवरणोपाख्यानम्
The Tapatī–Saṃvaraṇa Episode: Meaning of “Tāpatya”
ब्राह्मण उवाच उपपन्नं सतामेतद् यद् ब्रवीषि तपोधने । न तु दुःखमिदं शक्यं मानुषेण व्यपोहितुम्,ब्राह्मणने कहा--तपोधने! आप जो कुछ कह रही हैं, वह आप-जैसे सज्जनोंके अनुरूप ही है; परंतु हमारे इस दुःखको मनुष्य नहीं मिटा सकता
brāhmaṇa uvāca | upapannaṃ satām etad yad bravīṣi tapodhane | na tu duḥkham idaṃ śakyaṃ mānuṣeṇa vyapohitum |
The brāhmaṇa said: “What you say, O woman rich in austerity, is indeed fitting for the virtuous. Yet this sorrow of ours cannot be removed by any mere human effort.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when counsel is ethically sound and spoken in a virtuous spirit, some forms of suffering are beyond ordinary human capacity to erase; the verse highlights humility about human limits and the gravity of certain afflictions.
A Brahmin responds to an ascetic woman’s appropriate advice or words, affirming their virtue, but explains that his present grief is not something a human being can simply remove.