Shloka 62

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

आनन्त्यं वदमानेन शक्तेनावर्जितात्मना । अविज्ञानहतप्रज्ञा हीनप्रज्ञास्तमोवृता:

Transliteration

ānantyaṁ vadamānena śaktenāvarjitātmanā | avijñānahataprajñā hīnaprajñās tamovṛtāḥ ||

Translation

قال كابيلا: «إنك—وأنت قادر على التمييز، ونفسك غير منصرفة—حين تكلمت عن اللاتناهي (في التحرر) أدخلت السكينة إلى قلوبنا. فنحن قومٌ صُرِعت فطنتهم بالجهل، ضئيلة بصيرتهم، ومحجوبون بالظلمة (تامس).»

Word by Word

• आनन्त्यम्: endlessness, infinity
• आनन्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्त्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वदमानेन: by (one) speaking/saying
• वदमानेन: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शक्तेन: by the capable/able (one)
• शक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आवर्जितात्मना: by one whose mind/self is turned (towards the topic), self-controlled/collected
• आवर्जितात्मना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आवर्जित-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अविज्ञानहतप्रज्ञाः: those whose understanding is struck down by ignorance
• अविज्ञानहतप्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविज्ञान-हत-प्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हीनप्रज्ञाः: of deficient understanding
• हीनप्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन-प्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तमोवृताः: covered/veiled by darkness (tamas)
• तमोवृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमस्-वृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts ignorance-bound cognition with liberating insight: hearing a competent teacher describe the boundless nature of mokṣa brings inner peace, while ordinary minds remain veiled by tamas and weakened by avidyā.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kapila addresses his interlocutor, acknowledging the other’s skill in reasoning and steadiness of mind, and admits that ‘we’ are obscured by ignorance; the teaching on the infinity of liberation has calmed them.