Shloka 190
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
मया पाशुपतं दक्ष शुभमुत्पादितं पुरा । तस्य चीर्णस्य तत् सम्यक् फलं भवति पुष्कलम् | तच्चास्तु ते महाभाग त्यज्यतां मानसो ज्वर:
mayā pāśupataṁ dakṣa śubham utpāditaṁ purā | tasya cīrṇasya tat samyak phalaṁ bhavati puṣkalam | taccāstu te mahābhāga tyajyatāṁ mānaso jvaraḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Ô Dakṣa, jadis j’ai fait naître une observance de bon augure appelée le vœu Pāśupata. Lorsqu’elle est entreprise et vécue comme il se doit, son fruit devient abondant et parfait. Que ce fruit même te revienne, ô noble ; rejette la fièvre de l’inquiétude hors de ton esprit.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Properly performed spiritual discipline yields abundant, wholesome results; therefore one should practice with correctness and then relinquish inner agitation—anxiety is portrayed as a ‘fever’ to be abandoned once one is grounded in dharma and observance.
Bhīṣma addresses Dakṣa, recalling an auspicious Śiva-related observance (the Pāśupata vow) that he had instituted earlier. He assures Dakṣa that its correctly practiced performance brings rich fruit and urges him to give up mental distress.