Shloka 112
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
पश्यतेमं सुविपुलं तपसा तस्य धीमत: । कथमेवंविध॑ स्याद् वै पार्श्रमन्न्यदिति द्विजा:
paśyatemaṃ suvipulaṃ tapasā tasya dhīmataḥ | katham evaṃvidhaḥ syād vai pārśvam anyad iti dvijāḥ ||
ಆ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತನ ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ನನಗೆ ದೊರೆತ ಈ ಮಹತ್ತರ ಫಲವನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣಾರೆ ನೋಡಿ. ಓ ದ್ವಿಜರೇ! ಈಗ ನನ್ನ ದೇಹದ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಪಾರ್ಶ್ವವೂ ಹೀಗೆಯೇ ಹೇಗೆ ಆಗಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ಚಿಂತೆಯೇ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ.
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights faith in tapas (austerity) as a force that yields tangible results (phala). It also suggests an ethical impulse toward completeness and self-improvement—having witnessed a remarkable benefit, the speaker seeks a balanced, fully realized transformation rather than partial attainment.
Addressing Brahmins, the speaker points to a striking, visible outcome produced by a wise person’s austerity and invites them to witness it. He then expresses concern and curiosity about how the other side of his body might likewise attain the same condition, implying a partial transformation or blessing that he wishes to make whole.