Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तथा त्वमपि कौन्तेय शममास्थाय पुष्कलम्‌ | तपसा सिद्धिमन्विच्छ योगसिद्धिं च भारत,कुन्तीनन्दन! इसी प्रकार आप भी मन और इन्द्रियोंको भलीभाँति वशमें करके तपस्याद्वारा सिद्धि तथा योगजनित ऐश्वर्य प्राप्त करनेकी चेष्टा कीजिये

Transliteration

tathā tvam api kaunteya śamam āsthāya puṣkalam | tapasā siddhim anviccha yogasiddhiṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

“So you too, O son of Kuntī, firmly establishing abundant inner calm and mastery over mind and senses, strive through austerity to attain spiritual accomplishment—and also the yogic perfections, O Bhārata.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

त्वम्you

अपिalso, even

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

शमम्calmness, tranquility (of mind)

आस्थायhaving resorted to / having adopted

पुष्कलम्abundant, great (intense)

तपसाby austerity, through penance

सिद्धिम्success, attainment, perfection

अन्विच्छseek, pursue

योगसिद्धिम्perfection/power arising from yoga

चand

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)

Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Śaunaka (speaker, per metadata)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate strong inner calm and restraint of mind and senses; then pursue higher attainments through disciplined austerity and yoga. The verse frames spiritual power (siddhi) as grounded in ethical self-mastery rather than impulse or display.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a Kuru prince (Kaunteya/Bhārata) with exhortation: just as some prior example has been described (“thus”), he too should adopt deep tranquility and undertake tapas to gain accomplishment and yogic perfection.