तप आतिष्ठ भद्रं ते सर्वभूतसुखावहम् । तपसैव यथापूर्व स्रष्टा विश्वमिदं भवान् ॥ १८ ॥
tapa atistha bhadram te sarva-bhuta-sukhavaham tapasaiva yatha purvam srasta visvam idam bhavan
- tapah
- penance
- atistha
- be situated
- bhadram
- auspicious
- te
- unto you
- sarva
- all
- bhuta
- living entities
- sukha-avaham
- bringing happiness
- tapasa
- by penance
- eva
- only
- yatha
- as much as
- purvam
- before
- srasta
- will create
- visvam
- the universe
- idam
- this
- bhavan
- yourself.
My dear son, you had better situate yourself in penance, which is auspicious for all living entities and which will bring all benediction upon you. By penance only shall you be able to create the universe as it was before.