Shloka 17

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

यददुरापं दुराम्नायं दुराधर्ष दुरन्वयम्‌ | तत्‌ सर्व तपसा साध्यं तपो हि दुरतिक्रमम्‌,जिसको पाना, जिसका अभ्यास करना, जिसे दबाना और जिसकी संगति लगाना नितान्त कठिन है, वह तपस्याके द्वारा साध्य हो जाता है; क्‍योंकि तपका प्रभाव दुर्लड्घ्य है

Transliteration

yad adurāpaṁ durāmnāyaṁ durādharṣa duranvayam | tat sarvaṁ tapasā sādhyaṁ tapo hi duratikramam ||

Translation

Whatever is exceedingly hard to obtain, hard to master through instruction and practice, hard to subdue, and hard to keep company with or align oneself to—everything of that kind becomes attainable through austerity. For the power of tapas (disciplined ascetic effort) is itself difficult to overcome.

Word by Word

यत्that which

दुरापम्hard to obtain

दुराम्नायम्hard to learn/recite (as taught)

दुराधर्षम्hard to overpower/assail

दुरन्वयम्hard to associate with / hard to follow

तत्that

सर्वम्all (of that)

तपसाby austerity

साध्यम्accomplishable/attainable

तपःausterity

हिindeed/for

दुरतिक्रमम्hard to transgress/overstep

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes