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Shloka 17

जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः

Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga

सोपध॑ निकृतिः स्तेयं परीवादो हासूयिता । परोपघातो हिंसा च पैशुन्यमनृतं तथा

bharadvāja uvāca | sopadhaḥ nikṛtiḥ steyaṁ parīvādo hāsūyitā | paropaghāto hiṁsā ca paiśunyam anṛtaṁ tathā ||

کپٹ، شَٹھتا، چوری، بدگوئی، دوسروں کے عیب ٹٹولنا، دوسروں کو نقصان پہنچانا، جانداروں پر تشدد، چغلی اور جھوٹ—جو ان بدخصلتوں میں مبتلا ہو، اس کی تپسیا گھٹتی جاتی ہے۔ مگر جو دانا اِن عیوب کو اپنے کردار میں کبھی جگہ نہیں دیتا، اس کی تپسیا برابر بڑھتی رہتی ہے۔

सोपधःwith deceit/with a pretext
सोपधः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसोपध (उपधासहित)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निकृतिःfraud, deceit
निकृतिः:
TypeNoun
Rootनिकृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्तेयम्theft
स्तेयम्:
TypeNoun
Rootस्तेय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
परीवादःslander, calumny
परीवादः:
TypeNoun
Rootपरीवाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हासूयिताmocking/derision (fault-finding)
हासूयिता:
TypeNoun
Rootहासूयिता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
परोपघातःinjury to others
परोपघातः:
TypeNoun
Rootपर-उपघात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिंसाviolence
हिंसा:
TypeNoun
Rootहिंसा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पैशुन्यम्backbiting, tale-bearing
पैशुन्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपैशुन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अनृतम्falsehood
अनृतम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअनृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise, also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

भरद्वाज उवाच

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Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

Austerity (tapas) is not merely ritual effort; it is sustained by ethical purity. Deceit, theft, slander, spite, harming others, violence, gossip, and lying erode spiritual power, while consistent avoidance of these faults makes tapas grow.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, the sage Bharadvāja enumerates specific moral faults and explains their direct consequence: they diminish one’s tapas, whereas the wise who refrain from them continually strengthen their austerity.