Shloka 55
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
वीराध्वानगतो नित्यं वीरासनरतस्तथा । वीरस्थायी च सततं स वीरगतिमाप्नुयात्
vīrādhvāna-gato nityaṃ vīrāsana-rataḥ tathā | vīra-sthāyī ca satataṃ sa vīra-gatim āpnuyāt ||
Śrī Maheśvara bersabda: “Sesiapa yang sentiasa menempuh jalan kepahlawanan, yang tekun pada vīrāsana serta disiplin seorang wira, dan yang tetap teguh dalam azam wira sepanjang masa—orang itu mencapai takdir para wira.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Heroism is presented as a sustained ethical discipline: consistently choosing the courageous path, maintaining firm posture and self-control, and remaining unwavering in resolve leads one to a ‘heroic destiny’ (vīra-gati), i.e., an exalted end befitting such conduct.
Maheśvara is speaking in an instructive mode, defining the marks of a ‘vīra’ (heroic person) and stating the फल (result): the one who lives continually in valor, disciplined bearing, and steadfastness attains vīra-gati.