Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ये तपश्च तपस्यन्ति कौमारब्रह्मचारिण: । विद्यावेदव्रतस्नाता दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते,जो तपस्या करते, कुमारावस्थासे ही ब्रह्मचर्यके पालनमें तत्पर रहते और विद्या एवं वेदोंके अध्ययन-सम्बन्धी व्रतको पूर्ण करके स्नातक हो चुके हैं, वे दुस्तर दुःखोंको तर जाते है

Transliteration

ye tapaś ca tapasyanti kaumāra-brahmacāriṇaḥ | vidyā-veda-vrata-snātā durgāṇy atitaranti te ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—جو سچ مچ تپسیا کرتے ہیں، جو لڑکپن ہی سے برہماچریہ میں ثابت قدم رہتے ہیں، اور جنہوں نے علم و وید-ادھیयन کے ورت پورے کر کے سْناتک کا درجہ پایا ہے—وہ دشوار ترین دکھوں سے بھی پار ہو جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

तपःausterity, penance

चand

तपस्यन्तिpractice austerity

कौमार-ब्रह्मचारिणःbrahmacārins from boyhood (juvenile celibate students)

विद्या-वेद-व्रत-स्नाताःhaving completed the vows of learning and Vedic study; graduated (snātaka)

दुर्गाणिdifficult (things/straits), hardships

अतितरन्तिcross over, surmount

तेthey

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A life of disciplined austerity—especially brahmacarya maintained from youth, together with completed learning and Vedic observances—builds inner strength that enables a person to overcome even severe hardships.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma is teaching Yudhishthira by praising the power of tapas, student-discipline, and fulfilled Vedic study, presenting them as means to cross otherwise difficult sufferings.