Shloka 43
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
अग्नियोगवह्ो ग्रीष्मे विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा । चीर्त्वा द्वादशवर्षाणि राजा भवति पार्थिव:
agnīyogavaho grīṣme vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | cīrtvā dvādaśavarṣāṇi rājā bhavati pārthivaḥ ||
Disse Maheśvara: Quem, no calor do verão, assume a disciplina dos cinco fogos conforme o rito prescrito pelas escrituras e mantém essa observância por doze anos, renasce como rei que governa a terra — alcançando soberania mundana como fruto de um autocontrole austero e regrado.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity yields results only when performed with disciplined adherence to prescribed rule (vidhi). Sustained, lawful tapas—here, the five-fire observance in summer—produces a concrete karmic fruit: rebirth into worldly sovereignty (kingship).
Śrī Maheśvara is describing the merit (phala) of a specific ascetic observance: practicing the fire-related austerity during summer according to scriptural procedure and maintaining it for twelve years, which results in being reborn as a ruler of the earth.