ततस्तीव्ररतिं चक्रे कृत्वा तीव्रनिवर्तनम् । एवं वृद्धत्वमापन्नो जपध्यानपरायणः
tatastīvraratiṃ cakre kṛtvā tīvranivartanam | evaṃ vṛddhatvamāpanno japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Sau đó, ông càng tăng thêm chí nguyện, thực hành sự tiết chế nghiêm khắc hơn nữa. Vì thế, khi tuổi già đến, ông vẫn một lòng nương tựa nơi trì tụng (japa) và thiền định.
Narrative voice (continuing Īśvara’s account)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: An aged ascetic in Prabhāsa sits in steady posture, rosary in hand, eyes half-closed; the landscape suggests a coastal sacred plain with distant temple silhouettes and wind-bent trees, conveying intensified restraint and inwardness.
Perseverance in japa-dhyāna and disciplined restraint, sustained through life’s later stages, is praised as true spiritual steadfastness.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the ground where sustained japa and meditation are portrayed as especially meritorious.
Japa (mantra repetition), dhyāna (meditation), and intensified restraint/withdrawal as a form of tapas.