Shloka 130
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
स तीव्रं तप आस्थाय प्रसादयितवान् भवम् । अस्त्रहेतो: प्रसन्नात्मा नियत: संयतेन्द्रिय:
sa tīvraṃ tapa āsthāya prasādayitavān bhavam | astr-hetoḥ prasannātmā niyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ ||
अस्त्रप्राप्तीसाठी प्रसन्नचित्ताने इंद्रियसंयम ठेवून त्यांनी तीव्र तप आचरले आणि भव (शंकर) यांना प्रसन्न केले.
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and success—especially in matters as grave as warfare—are portrayed as requiring inner discipline: restraint of the senses, regulated conduct, and focused austerity. Divine favor is not won by force but by self-mastery and sincere effort.
Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma) describes how the person in question undertook intense penance to propitiate Śiva (Bhava), specifically to obtain powerful weapons; he remained controlled and serene while performing the austerities.