Shloka 13
Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections
तपसा लकभ्यते सर्व यथाभूतं भविष्यति
tapasā labhyate sarvaṃ yathābhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati | śubhānane! tapasyā sarvaṃ prāpyate; tava manoratho 'pi yathāvat siddhaḥ bhaviṣyati | devatānāṃ ye divyāḥ sthānāḥ, te tapasyā prāpyante | mahatsukhasya mūla-kāraṇaṃ tapa eva ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Dengan tapa, segala-galanya diperoleh; apa yang bakal terjadi akan terlaksana menurut hakikatnya. Wahai yang berwajah elok, melalui pertapaan yang berdisiplin, semuanya dapat diraih, dan hasratmu yang tersimpan juga akan tertunai tepat seperti yang dihajati. Bahkan kediaman bercahaya para dewa pun dicapai dengan tapa. Sesungguhnya, tapa sahajalah akar kebahagiaan tertinggi.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that tapas—steady, disciplined austerity—has transformative power: it brings about attainment, ensures the proper fruition of one’s aims, and is presented as the fundamental source of the highest happiness, even enabling access to divine realms.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, conveys a consoling and instructive assurance to an addressed person (“O fair-faced one”): through tapas, desired outcomes will be fulfilled and even celestial attainments are possible, emphasizing moral-spiritual effort amid the broader war-time narrative of the Śalya Parva.