एतेषां परलोकोऽत्र विद्यते ये तपोरताः । न च मर्त्यफलं किंचिदपि स्वल्पतरं भवेत्
eteṣāṃ paraloko'tra vidyate ye taporatāḥ | na ca martyaphalaṃ kiṃcidapi svalpataraṃ bhavet
Para os devotados às austeridades, é o “outro mundo” que aqui realmente importa; para eles, nenhum fruto do mundo humano—nem o menor—tem significado.
The wives (bhāryāḥ)
Scene: A calm ascetic (tapasvin) seated near a sacred landscape, turning away from small worldly offerings, gaze lifted toward a luminous ‘higher world’ symbolized by a radiant horizon or celestial path.
Those established in tapas prioritize transcendent merit over short-lived worldly gain.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
Tapas (austerity) is referenced as a path, but no specific rite is prescribed here.