Shloka 15
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
इति कृत्वा तपो घोरें देहं संन्यस्य मानवा: । देवत्वं यान्ति कल्याणि शृणुष्वैंके वचो मम
iti kṛtvā tapo ghore dehaṃ saṃnyasya mānavāḥ | devatvaṃ yānti kalyāṇi śṛṇuṣvaike vaco mama ||
ಹೀಗೆ ಘೋರ ತಪಸ್ಸು ಮಾಡಿ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದ ಮಾನವರು ದೇವತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಿ! ಈಗ ನನ್ನ ಒಂದು ಮಾತನ್ನು ಕೇಳು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links intense tapas (austerity) and bodily renunciation with attaining devatva (a divine state), presenting ascetic discipline and self-transcendence as a powerful ethical-spiritual path, and then pivots to further instruction.
Vaiśaṃpāyana, as narrator, concludes a point about the fruit of severe austerities—humans can attain divinity by renouncing the body—and then addresses an ‘auspicious lady’ (kalyāṇī), asking her to listen to his next key statement.