स लोकान् अफलान् दृष्ट्वा तपसा निर्जितान् अपि ॥
पप्रच्छ धर्मराजस्य समीपस्थान् दिवौकसः ॥
किमर्थम् आवृता लोका ममैते तपसार्जिताः ॥
किं मया न कृतं तत्र यस्येदं कर्मणः फलम् ॥
तत्राहं तत् करिष्यामि यदर्थम् इदम् आवृतम् ॥
फलम् एतस्य तपसः कथयध्वं दिवौकसः ॥
sa lokān aphalān dṛṣṭvā tapasā nirjitān api ||
papraccha dharmarājasya samīpasthān divaukasaḥ ||
kimartham āvṛtā lokā mamaite tapasārjitāḥ ||
kiṃ mayā na kṛtaṃ tatra yasyedaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam ||
tatrāhaṃ tat kariṣyāmi yadartham idam āvṛtam ||
phalam etasya tapasaḥ kathayadhvaṃ divaukasaḥ ||
Mandapala said: "He, having seen the worlds fruitless though won by austerity, asked the celestials who stood near the King of dharma: 'Why are these worlds of mine, earned by austerity, closed to me? What have I not done, whose deed's fruit is this? That I will do, for whose sake it is closed; tell me the fruit of this austerity, O celestials.'"
69f42196cf88 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 6:11:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the ascetic humbly asks about his own omission. It is telling that Mandapala does not complain but asks what he has left undone: the wise seek the cause of failure in themselves. In this lies a lesson: even the great remain willing to learn and to fill what is lacking. So the scripture reveals Mandapala's humility; and the answer of the gods will point him to the duty of offspring.