Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां तपसा सिद्धा: स्थावराश्न चराश्न ह । हिमवान्‌ गिरय: सर्वे चत्वारश्न महार्णवा:

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ tapasā siddhāḥ sthāvarāś ca carāś ca ha | himavān girayaḥ sarve catvāraś ca mahārṇavāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Trên cõi đất này, nhờ sức mạnh của tapas (khổ hạnh), sự viên mãn đã được mọi loài đạt tới—cả loài bất động lẫn loài hữu động. Ngay cả Himavān và mọi núi non, cùng bốn đại dương lớn, cũng đứng làm chứng cho hiệu lực của tapas.”

Word by Word

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सिद्धाः: accomplished/perfected
• सिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थावराः: immobile beings (plants etc.)
• स्थावराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चराः: moving beings (animals etc.)
• चराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• हिमवान्: Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरयः: mountains
• गिरयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महार्णवाः: great oceans
• महार्णवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महार्णव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Tapas (austerity)
• Himavān (Himālaya)
• Girayaḥ (mountains)
• Catvāraḥ Mahārṇavāḥ (the four great oceans)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the universal potency of tapas (disciplined austerity): it is a force through which beings attain siddhi (accomplishment), and the stability and grandeur of nature are invoked to underscore its efficacy and moral-spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva, praises austerity by stating that success through tapas is evident across creation—among immovable and movable beings—and he cites the Himalaya, all mountains, and the four oceans as emblematic confirmations.