Shloka 49
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
विन्ध्ये संताप्य चात्मानं सत्यसंधस्त्वहिंसक: । विनयात्तप आस्थाय मासेनैकेन सिध्यति
Vindhye santāpya cātmānaṃ satyasaṃdhastv ahiṃsakaḥ | vinayāt tapa āsthāya māsenāikena sidhyati ||
非暴力を捨てず、真実の誓いに堅く、ヴィンディヤ（Vindhya）の山々に赴いて身を苦しめ、しかも謙虚にタパス（苦行）の規律に身を委ねる者は、ただ一か月にして成就（シッディ）を得る。
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.