Shloka 25
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
मृण्मये भाजने पक्वे यथा वै न श्यति द्रव: । तथा शरीरं तपसा तप्तं विषयमश्लुते
mṛṇmaye bhājane pakve yathā vai na śyati dravaḥ | tathā śarīraṃ tapasā taptaṃ viṣayam aśnute |
パラーシャラは言った。「よく焼き締められた土器に入れた液体が漏れもせず損なわれもしないように、苦行によって『焼かれた』微細身は堅固となり、ふさわしい器となる。梵天界に至るまでの高界の対象を、散逸も堕落もせずに味わい経験し得るのだ。」
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas (disciplined austerity) ‘hardens’ and stabilizes the inner constitution—like firing a clay pot—so that one can bear and properly undergo experiences (even refined, higher-world enjoyments) without leakage, dissipation, or moral/spiritual spoilage.
Parāśara is instructing through an analogy: as a well-fired earthen vessel securely holds liquid, so a body refined by austerity becomes capable and steady, able to attain and experience objects of enjoyment in higher realms without being undone by them.