Shloka 14
Abhimanyu’s Assault on Bhīṣma’s Screen; Banner-Felling and Reinforcements (सौभद्र-भीष्म-समरः)
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार तीन तरहके यज्ञोंके लक्षण बतलाकर
arjuna uvāca | devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṁ śaucam ārjavam | brahmacaryam ahiṁsā ca śārīraṁ tapa ucyate ||
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् । ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True bodily austerity is defined as ethical conduct: honoring the sacred, learned, teachers, and the wise; maintaining purity and sincerity; practicing disciplined restraint (brahmacarya) and non-violence (ahiṁsā).
In the midst of the larger war-time discourse, the speaker enumerates the marks of ‘bodily tapas’—shifting the focus from external hardship to virtues expressed through the body: reverence, cleanliness, integrity, restraint, and harmlessness.