Shloka 54
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
इत्येवं धर्ममालोक्य वेदवेदांश्व सर्वश: । तपश्च विपुलं दृष्टवा गुरोरात्मन एव च
ity evaṁ dharmam ālokya vedavedāṁś ca sarvaśaḥ | tapaś ca vipulaṁ dṛṣṭvā guror ātman eva ca, pṛthvīnātha |
ビーシュマは言った。「かくして、大地の主よ、ダルマを省み、諸ヴェーダとその付随学をことごとく熟考し、師と己の豊かな苦行の力をも顧みたのち、ブリグの裔ヴィプラは、師の妻を守るため、先に述べた手立てを心中に定めた。いまより、彼がその後に遂げた偉大な努力を語ろう。聞け。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical action should be grounded in a careful examination of dharma and informed by sacred learning; when protecting what is entrusted to one (especially the guru’s household), one must act with disciplined resolve, guided by tapas and thoughtful deliberation rather than impulse.
Bhishma transitions into describing Vipula’s decisive plan and strenuous effort to safeguard his teacher’s wife. The verse frames Vipula’s decision as the result of reviewing dharma, consulting Vedic knowledge, and weighing the spiritual power (tapas) of both guru and disciple.