 | Book 12 Chapter 155
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | sarvam etat tapomūlaṃ kavayaḥ paricakṣate
na hy ataptatapā mūḍhaḥ kriyāphalam avāpyate
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| 2 | prajāpatir idaṃ sarvaṃ tapasaivāsṛjat prabhuḥ
tathaiva vedān ṛṣayas tapasā pratipedire
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| 3 | tapaso hy ānupūrvyeṇa phalamūlānilāśanāḥ
trīṃl lokāṃs tapasā siddhāḥ paśyanti susamāhitāḥ
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| 4 | auṣadhāny agadādīni tisro vidyāś ca saṃskṛtāḥ
tapasaiva hi sidhyanti tapomūlaṃ hi sādhanam
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| 5 | yad durāpaṃ durāmnāyaṃ durādharṣaṃ durutsaham
sarvaṃ tat tapasā śakyaṃ tapo hi duratikramam
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| 6 | surāpo 'saṃmatādāyī bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ
tapasaiva sutaptena naraḥ pāpād vimucyate
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| 7 | tapaso bahurūpasya tais tair dvāraiḥ pravartataḥ
nivṛttyā vartamānasya tapo nānaśanāt param
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| 8 | ahiṃsā satyavacanaṃ dānam indriyanigrahaḥ
etebhyo hi mahārāja tapo nānaśanāt param
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| 9 | na duṣkarataraṃ dānān nātimātaram āśramaḥ
traividyebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti saṃnyāsaḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ
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| 10 | indriyāṇīha rakṣanti dhanadhānyābhiguptaye
tasmād arthe ca dharme ca tapo nānaśanāt param
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| 11 | ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā manuṣyā mṛgasattamāḥ
yāni cānyāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
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| 12 | tapaḥparāyaṇāḥ sarve sidhyanti tapasā ca te
ity evaṃ tapasā devā mahattvaṃ cāpy avāpnuvan
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| 13 | imānīṣṭavibhāgāni phalāni tapasā sadā
tapasā śakyate prāptuṃ devatvam api niścayāt
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