Tapas in the Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam: Austerity; the disciplined heat of spiritual practice. Sages perform tapas — fasting, meditation, endurance — to accumulate spiritual power and purify the mind.
Austerity; the disciplined heat of spiritual practice. Sages perform tapas — fasting, meditation, endurance — to accumulate spiritual power and purify the mind.
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…and meditating the mantra became one with that. Thus they passed one thousand years in practising that great tapas; when the Highest Âdyâ S’akti became pleased with them and seeing the two Dânavas, steadfast in the practice of Tapas, tired, address them, invisibly…
…us bank of the Ganges. 15. The two Risis named Nara and Nârâya n a, born of Hari's Ams'a, practised excellent tapasyâ for full one thousand years. 16. The whole Universe, moving and unmoving, became hot through the Fire of their Tapas. Indra became also perplexed.…
…obstructive of our penances. 20. Hear! There the Apsarâs are singing sweetly the song, tending to destroy our Tapasyâs; it seems, these are the means, no doubt, adopted by Indra to pollute our Tapasyâ. 21. Why is this spring season now generating our pleasures? It…
…as it that they had to overpower others, or enjoy pleasures themselves or to reach Heaven that they practised tapasyâ? What fruits did they eventually obtain from such penances? 9. They became very lean and thin through their asceticism; still how could they fight…
…. The Devas ought to be protected by me; thus thinking, S’ankara Mahes’vara advised him an entirely difficult tapasyâ to practise. 26. Full one thousand years he would practise tapasyâ with feet upwards and head downwards, he will have to inhale the smoke of burnt…
…and to thee alone. There is no need of telling anything further to you. 35. O Highly Intelligent One! By your Tapas, you know our inner minds and relinquish your anger. The sages say that the anger of the saints is not lasting. 36. O Muni! Water is naturally cool;…
…n a. 20. Indra said :-- O! How wonderful is the patience of the Muni? What is the wonderful influence of his Tapas! Oh! He has created, by the sheer force of his Tapas, Urvas’î and these fair women, unrivalled for their beauties, from his thighs. 21. The Lord of t…
…ding our hands and by initiating us with Mantrams. O Best of Munis! We will first of all practise a very hard Tapasyâ (asceticism) and worship Bhagavatî, the Awarder of happiness; then, seeing Her, we will go to our respective abodes. Now we expect the nine-lettere…
…simultaneously all the directions. Tris'irâ renounced the pleasures of the world and began to practise a hard tapasyâ; he became a great ascetic, gentle, restrained in his passions and entirely devoted to his religion. He practised Panchâgni-Sâdhan in the summer se…
…himself thus :-- “Oh! Can I slay this Muni, free from any vicious inclinations, and endowed with the power of Tapas, blazing like a fire! This is quite against the Dharma. But, Alas! He wants to usurp my position; how can I, then, neglect such an enemy?” Thus cogit…
…u n as of Mâyâ, Sâttva, Râja and Tâma. Whether the kings practise their Dharma or the ascetics practise their tapas, all their actions are interpenetrated with these Gu n as; therefore they cannot shine so brightly. The Kings, Munis performed very severe penances a…
…no doubt, come back and live in this Heaven of Vaikuntha.” Thus spoken, I have come in this hermitage to make tapas and to worship Thee, knowing that Thou art the Bhagavân, the Lord of Bhavanî, the Lord of all and the Giver of all desires. O Lord of the Devas! How…