Shloka 17
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
भग्व्धिरादिभिर्भूयस्तपसोत्थापितस्तदा । भृशं जज्वाल तेजस्वी तपसा55प्यायित: शिखी
bhagvad-dhirādibhir bhūyas tapasotthāpitas tadā | bhṛśaṃ jajvāla tejasvī tapasāpyāyitaḥ śikhī ||
Wika ni Mārkaṇḍeya: Nang magkagayon, nang muling gisingin siya ng mga kagalang-galang na rishi—sina Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, at iba pa—sa pamamagitan ng kanilang sariling tapas, ang maningning na Diyos ng Apoy, na pinatibay ng gayong disiplina, ay nag-alab nang may matinding ningning.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas (disciplined austerity) is portrayed as a real, efficacious force: it can awaken, intensify, and sustain divine energies. The verse also implies ethical restraint—such power is invoked and directed under the guidance of venerable sages rather than unleashed aimlessly.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, and other sages again employ their austerities to rouse Agni. As a result, Agni—already radiant—becomes further strengthened by tapas and flares up with great intensity.