Shloka 52
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
आत्मानमुपजीवन् यो दीक्षां द्वादशवार्षिकीम् । ह॒त्वाग्नौ देहमुत्सूज्य वह्विलोके महीयते
ātmānam upajīvan yo dīkṣāṃ dvādaśavārṣikīm | hatvāgnau deham utsṛjya vahniloke mahīyate ||
ມະເຫສະວະຣະຕັດວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດດຳລົງຊີວິດໂດຍອາໄສຕົນເອງ ຮັບຖືດິກສາວຣະຕະສິບສອງປີ ແລ້ວນຳຮ່າງກາຍຂອງຕົນຖວາຍເຂົ້າໄປໃນໄຟ ປ່ອຍວາງມັນເສຍ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງ ແລະມີກຽດໃນໂລກຂອງອັກນິ (ເທວະດາໄຟ)»។
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse extols rigorous vow-observance (dīkṣā) sustained through self-reliance and culminating in a total sacrificial offering of oneself; such extreme tapas is said to yield exalted posthumous attainment in Agni’s realm, emphasizing the Mahābhārata theme that disciplined austerity and ritual resolve bear powerful spiritual फल (results).
Maheśvara describes a specific ascetic trajectory: a person undertakes a twelve-year consecrated observance while sustaining life independently, and at its completion relinquishes the body by consigning it to fire; the stated outcome is honor and elevation in Vahniloka, the world of the Fire-god.