Shloka 26
Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)
अमरोअस्मीति यद्बुद्धिं समास्थाय प्रवर्तसे । मावमंस्था न तपसा नसाध्यं नाम किंचन
amaro ’smīti yad-buddhiṁ samāsthāya pravartase | māvamamsthā na tapasā na sādhyaṁ nāma kiñcana ||
ວິປຸລາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າເຈົ້າອາໄສຄວາມຄິດວ່າ ‘ຂ້າເປັນອະມະຕະ’ ແລ້ວປະພຶດຕາມໃຈຕົນ, ຂ້າຂໍເຕືອນ: ຢ່າດູໝິ່ນນັກບຳເພັນຕະປະ. ເພາະດ້ວຍຕະປະ ບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດທີ່ບໍ່ອາດສຳເລັດ—ນັກຕະປະທີ່ແທ້ ຍັງສາມາດລົ້ມຜູ້ທີ່ເຊື່ອວ່າຕົນບໍ່ຕາຍໄດ້»។
विपुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arrogance based on presumed invulnerability (‘I am immortal’) leads to adharma. One must not disrespect ascetics, because tapas is portrayed as a real moral-spiritual force capable of achieving what seems impossible and of punishing wrongdoing.
Vipula admonishes someone who is behaving recklessly under the belief of being beyond death. He cautions that insulting a tapasvin is dangerous, emphasizing that ascetic power can overcome even those who consider themselves immortal.