Shloka 73

Tapas, Tīrtha, and Moral Rehabilitation (Śānti-parva 148)

Devanagari script

उपवासैर्बहुविधैश्वरिष्ये पारलौकिकम्‌ । “भूख

Transliteration

upavāsair bahuvidhaiś cariṣye pāralaukikam |

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Соблюдая многие виды поста, я совершу деяния заслуги ради блага будущего мира. Перенося голод, жажду и палящее солнце, я ослаблю тело так, что вены, расходящиеся по нему, станут ясно видны, — тем самым обуздаю чувства и направлю усилие к потустороннему благу».

Word by Word

• उपवासैः: by fasts
• उपवासैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुविधैः: of many kinds
• बहुविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• चरिष्ये: I shall practice/undertake
• चरिष्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पारलौकिकम्: otherworldly (merit/benefit)
• पारलौकिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारलौकिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes tapas through disciplined fasting as an ethical-spiritual practice: restraining bodily appetites and enduring hardship can be directed toward puṇya (merit) and pāralaukika (otherworldly) welfare, aligning personal conduct with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s discourse in the Shanti Parva, he describes a resolve to perform rigorous austerities—especially repeated, varied fasts—enduring hunger, thirst, and heat, as a means of spiritual purification and securing well-being in the next world.