Shloka 84
ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः
Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction
सिद्धा हि यद् यदिच्छन्ति कुर्वते तदनुग्रहात् तस्मात्तप: समास्थाय कुरुष्वात्ममनोरथम्,सिद्ध पुरुष जो-जो वस्तु चाहते हैं, उसे अपने तपके प्रभावसे प्राप्त कर लेते हैं। अतः आप तपस्याका आश्रय लेकर अपने मनोरथकी पूर्ति कीजिये
siddhā hi yad yad icchanti kurvate tad anugrahāt | tasmāt tapaḥ samāsthāya kuruṣvātma-manoratham ||
ಸಿದ್ಧರು ತಪಸ್ಸಿನ ಅನುಗ್ರಹದಿಂದ ತಾವು ಏನೇನು ಬಯಸುತ್ತಾರೋ ಅದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಸಾಧಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ತಪಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಆತ್ಮಮನೋರಥವನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸು.
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas (disciplined austerity) generates a spiritually efficacious force; those who are siddha can realize their aims through the grace/power arising from such practice. The verse urges undertaking tapas as the ethical means to fulfill one’s rightful intention.
Śaunaka speaks as an advisor, pointing to the well-known capacity of perfected ascetics to accomplish desired ends through austerity, and he exhorts the listener to adopt tapas to achieve the intended objective.