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Shloka 5

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

देवगुह्ामिदं राजन्‌ यमेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । नियमस्थेन युक्तेन तपसो महतः फलम्‌

bhīṣma uvāca | devaguhyam idaṃ rājan yamenākliṣṭa-karmaṇā | niyama-sthena yuktena tapaso mahataḥ phalam ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระราชา นี่คือคำสอนอันเป็นเทวะและลี้ลับ ยมะผู้มีกรรมอันบริสุทธิ์ไร้ความเศร้าหมอง ตั้งมั่นในนียมะและมีวินัยในโยคะ จึงบรรลุคำสอนนี้เป็นผลอันยิ่งใหญ่แห่งตบะอันลึกซึ้ง”

देवगुह्यम्divine secret (mystery)
देवगुह्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवगुह्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यमेनby Yama
यमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अक्लिष्टकर्मणाby (one) of untroubled/unstained deeds
अक्लिष्टकर्मणा:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्लिष्टकर्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
नियमस्थेनby (one) abiding in observances (niyama)
नियमस्थेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootनियमस्थ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
युक्तेनby (one) yoked/steadfast (in yoga)
युक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तपसःof austerity
तपसः:
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
महतःgreat
महतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yama
R
Rājan (the King, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Educational Q&A

That access to the highest, ‘divine-secret’ dharmic knowledge is not merely intellectual but is earned through purity of action, firm observance of self-restraint (niyama), disciplined yogic steadiness, and sustained tapas—whose ‘fruit’ is spiritual attainment.

Bhishma, instructing the king, introduces an esoteric doctrine and legitimizes it by tracing its origin to Yama, who attained this secret through great austerity and disciplined observance, thereby presenting it as authoritative and ethically grounded.