Shloka 49

Devanagari script

विन्ध्ये संताप्य चात्मानं सत्यसंधस्त्वहिंसक: । विनयात्तप आस्थाय मासेनैकेन सिध्यति,जो हिंसाका त्याग करके सत्यप्रतिज्ञ होकर विन्ध्याचलमें अपने शरीरको कष्ट दे विनीतभावसे तपस्याका आश्रय लेकर रहता है उसे एक महीनेमें सिद्धि प्राप्त हो जाती है

Transliteration

Vindhye santāpya cātmānaṃ satyasaṃdhastv ahiṃsakaḥ | vinayāt tapa āsthāya māsenāikena sidhyati ||

Translation

He who is devoted to truth and committed to non-violence, having gone to the Vindhya mountains and endured bodily hardship there, and who—out of humility—undertakes ascetic discipline, attains spiritual accomplishment within a single month.

Word by Word

विन्ध्येin the Vindhya (mountain)

संताप्यhaving afflicted/tormented

चand

आत्मानम्oneself (the body/self)

सत्यसंधःone whose resolve/vow is true; true to his pledge

तुbut/indeed

अहिंसकःnon-violent; one who does not harm

विनयात्from/through humility; out of modesty

तपःausterity; penance

आस्थायhaving undertaken/resorted to

मासेनwithin/by (the measure of) a month

एकेनby one; with a single

सिध्यतिattains success/is accomplished

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya (speaker)

Vindhya (mountains)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that spiritual attainment is grounded not merely in physical austerity, but in ethical foundations—truthfulness (satya), non-violence (ahiṃsā), and humility (vinaya). When these virtues accompany disciplined tapas, success is said to come swiftly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes a model ascetic practice: a truth-bound, non-violent person goes to the Vindhya region, undertakes humble austerities while enduring bodily hardship, and is declared to achieve siddhi within one month—presented as an illustrative standard of effective, virtue-based penance.