Shloka 36
Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions
अनेन हि तपस्तप्तं बलार्थममराधिप । षष्टिं वर्षमहस््राणि ब्रह्मा चास्मै वरं ददौ,अमरेश्वर! इस वृत्रासुरने बलकी प्राप्तिके लिये ही साठ हजार वर्षोतक तप किया था और तब ब्रह्माजीने इसे मनोवाञ्छित वर दिया था
anena hi tapas taptaṃ balārtham amarādhipa | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣa-sahasrāṇi brahmā cāsmai varaṃ dadau ||
摩醯首罗说道：“不死者之主啊，正是凭此苦行，他为求力量而修持苦行。六万年间他行持塔帕斯，随后梵天赐予他所愿之福。”
महेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power (bala) is depicted as arising from sustained discipline (tapas) and the consequent bestowal of a boon; the verse invites ethical scrutiny of whether such earned power is directed toward righteous ends or destructive ambition.
Maheshvara addresses Indra, explaining that the (implied) Vṛtrāsura undertook severe austerities for sixty thousand years to gain strength, after which Brahmā granted him his wished-for boon.