Shloka 47
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ऊर्ध्वा दृष्टिबाहवश्न एकाग्रं च मनो5भवत् | एकपादा: स्थिता: सर्वे काष्ठ भूता: समाहिता:
ūrdhvā dṛṣṭir bāhavaś caikaagraṃ ca mano 'bhavat | ekapādāḥ sthitāḥ sarve kāṣṭhabhūtāḥ samāhitāḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。彼らの眼差しは上方に据えられ、両腕もまた高く掲げられていた。心は一点に凝り、皆が一脚で立ち、内に収めて静まり、まるで動かぬ丸太のごとく—厳しい専念の苦行に没入していた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined austerity and yogic concentration: mastery of posture, senses, and mind (ekāgratā, samādhāna) as a means to inner steadiness and spiritual attainment.
Vaiśampāyana describes a group of ascetics or practitioners engaged in severe tapas—gazing upward, arms raised, standing on one foot—so still and composed that they resemble inert wood.