Shloka 36
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
चल हक पका हा मट दहा ? कक पक जे (4. 3-3... अलोभकाम्यया देवि तपसा च शुभानने । प्रसन्नो5हं वरं तस्मादमरत्वं ददामि ते,(मैंने कहा--) देवि! शुभानने! तुमने लोभ और कामनाको त्याग दिया है। तुम्हारी इस निष्काम तपस्यासे मैं बहुत प्रसन्न हूँ; अतः तुम्हें अमरत्वका वरदान देता हूँ
alobhakāmyayā devi tapasā ca śubhānane | prasanno 'haṃ varaṃ tasmād amaratvaṃ dadāmi te ||
“Wahai dewi, wahai yang berwajah elok, engkau telah meninggalkan ketamakan dan keinginan yang mementingkan diri. Aku berkenan besar atas tapa yang engkau lakukan tanpa mengharap ganjaran; maka aku menganugerahkan kepadamu satu kurnia: keabadian.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity becomes ethically and spiritually potent when it is free from greed and desire for personal gain; such selfless discipline (niṣkāma tapas) is praised as worthy of divine grace and extraordinary reward.
Bhishma, speaking in the Anushasana Parva, recounts a moment where a divine woman is commended for performing austerities without greed or wish-fulfillment motives, and he (or the narrator within the cited episode) grants her the boon of immortality as a response to that purity of intent.