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Shloka 6

Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)

तपसा महदाप्रोति विद्यया चेति न: श्रुतम्‌ । तपसैव चापनुदेद्‌ यच्चान्यदपि दुष्कृतम्‌

bhīṣma uvāca | tapasā mahad āpnoti vidyayā ceti naḥ śrutam | tapasaiva cāpanuded yac cānyad api duṣkṛtam |

തപസ്സിനാലും വിദ്യയാലും മനുഷ്യൻ മഹത്തായ നില പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു എന്നു ഞങ്ങൾ കേട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്. കൂടാതെ മറ്റേതൊരു ദുഷ്കൃത്യവും തപസ്സുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ അവൻ അകറ്റാൻ കഴിയും.

तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
महत्great (state/goal)
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootआप्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
विद्ययाby knowledge/learning
विद्यया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
नःof us / for us
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Plural
श्रुतम्heard
श्रुतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपनुदेत्should remove/drive away
अपनुदेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअप + नुद्
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
यत्whatever (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यत्other
अन्यत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
दुष्कृतम्evil deed/sin
दुष्कृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्कृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Bhishma teaches that both disciplined austerity (tapas) and learning (vidyā) lead to exalted attainment, and that tapas has a purificatory power capable of removing the stains of wrongdoing.

In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by citing traditional teaching: spiritual discipline and knowledge elevate a person, and austerity functions as a means of moral purification.