Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.159
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12.159.1
सर्वमेतत्तपोमूलं कवयः परिचक्षते ।
न ह्यतप्ततपा मूढः क्रियाफलमवाप्नुते ॥ १२.१५९.१ ॥
The wise declare that all of this is rooted in austerity. The fool who has not undergone austerity does not obtain the fruit of action.
12.159.2
प्रजापतिरिदं सर्वं तपसैवासृजत्प्रभुः ।
तथैव वेदानृषयस्तपसा प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ १२.१५९.२ ॥
The lord Prajāpati created all of this by austerity alone; likewise the seers obtained the Vedas through austerity.
12.159.4
तपसैव ससर्जान्नं फलमूलानि यानि च ।
त्रीँल्लोकांस्तपसा सिद्धाः पश्यन्ति सुसमाहिताः
औषधान्यगदादीनि तिस्त्रो विद्याश्च संस्कृताः ।
तपसैव हि सिद्ध्यन्ति तपोमूलं हि साधनम् ॥ १२.१५९.४ ॥
By austerity alone he created food, fruits and roots; the perfected ones, deeply concentrated, behold the three worlds through austerity. Herbs, medicines and the like, and the three refined sciences, are accomplished only through austerity, for austerity is the root of the means.
12.159.5
यद्दुरापं दुराराध्यं दुराधर्षं दुरुत्सहम् ।
तत्सर्वं तपसा शक्यं तपो हि दुरतिक्रमम्।
ऐश्वर्यमृषयः प्राप्तास्तपसैव न संशयः ॥ १२.१५९.५ ॥
What is hard to obtain, hard to propitiate, hard to assail, hard to endure — all that is attainable by austerity, for austerity is hard to surpass. The seers attained lordship through austerity alone; there is no doubt of it.
12.159.6
सुरापोऽसंमतादायी भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पगः ।
तपसैव सुतप्तेन नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ १२.१५९.६ ॥
The drinker of liquor, the taker of what is not given, the slayer of an embryo, the one who lies with his guru's wife — even such a man is freed from sin by austerity well performed.
12.159.7
तपसो बहुरूपस्य तैस्तैर्द्वारैः प्रवर्ततः ।
निवृत्त्या वर्तमानस्य तपो नानशनात्परम् ॥ १२.१५९.७ ॥
For the austerity of many forms, which proceeds by various paths, and for one who abides in withdrawal, there is no austerity higher than fasting.
12.159.8
अहिंसा सत्यवचनं दानमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः ।
एतेभ्यो हि महाराज तपो नानशनात्परम् ॥ १२.१५९.८ ॥
Non-violence, truthful speech, giving, and restraint of the senses — O great king, there is no austerity higher than these, nor higher than fasting.
12.159.9
न दुष्करतरं दानान्नाति मातरमाश्रमः ।
त्रैविद्येभ्यः परं नास्ति संन्यासान्नापरं तपः ॥ १२.१५९.९ ॥
Nothing is harder than giving, and no stage of life is like a mother; nothing is higher than the threefold knowledge, and no other austerity exceeds renunciation.
12.159.10
इन्द्रियाणीह रक्षन्ति विप्रर्षिपितृदेवताः ।
तस्मादर्थे च धर्मे च तपो नानशनात्परम् ॥ १२.१५९.१० ॥
In this world the senses themselves protect Brahmins, sages, ancestors and gods; therefore, for the sake of wealth and dharma too, there is no austerity higher than fasting.
12.159.11
ऋषयः पितरो देवा मनुष्या मृगपक्षिणः ।
यानि चान्यानि भूतानि स्यावराणि चराणि च ॥ १२.१५९.११ ॥
Sages, ancestors, gods, humans, beasts and birds—and all other beings, both the immovable and the movable.
12.159.12
तपः परायणाः सर्वे सिध्यन्ति तपसा च ते ।
इत्येवं तपसा देवा महत्त्वं प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ १२.१५९.१२ ॥
All who are devoted to austerity attain success through austerity; and thus the gods, too, gained their greatness through austerity.
12.159.13
इमानीष्टविभागानि फलानि तपसः सदा ।
तपसा शक्यते प्राप्नुं देवत्वमपि निश्चयः ॥ १२.१५९.१३ ॥
These desirable and varied fruits of austerity are always there; by austerity one can certainly attain even godhood—this is certain.