Shloka 44

तृष्णाक्षय-उपदेशः

Instruction on the Cessation of Craving

Devanagari script

यथाश्रममुपासीत आगमस्तत्र सिध्यति । सिद्धि: प्रत्यक्षरूपा च दृश्यत्यागमनिश्चयात्‌,जिस-जिस आश्रममें जो-जो धर्म विहित है, वहाँ-वहाँ उसी-उसी धर्मकी उपासना करनी चाहिये। उस-उस स्थानपर उसी-उसी धर्मका आचरण करनेसे वहाँ आगम सफल होता है। एवं शास्त्रके निश्चयसे ही सिद्धिका प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन होता है

Transliteration

yathāśramam upāsīta āgamas tatra sidhyati | siddhiḥ pratyakṣarūpā ca dṛśyaty āgamanīścayāt ||

Translation

যি-যি আশ্ৰমত যি-যি ধৰ্ম বিধিত, তাত তাত সেই ধৰ্মই আচৰণ কৰা উচিত। নিজ নিজ আশ্ৰমধৰ্ম পালন কৰিলে তাত আগম সিদ্ধ হয়; আৰু শাস্ত্ৰনিশ্চয়ৰ পৰা সিদ্ধি প্ৰত্যক্ষৰূপে অনুভৱ হয়।

Word by Word

यथाaccording to, as

आश्रमम्the āśrama (stage/order of life)

उपासीतshould practice/observe (devote oneself to)

आगमःscriptural tradition/authority

तत्रthere, in that (context/place)

सिध्यतिis accomplished/succeeds

सिद्धिःattainment, success

प्रत्यक्षरूपाhaving a directly perceptible form

चand

दृश्यतिis seen/appears

आगमof scripture/tradition

निश्चयात्from (the) certainty/ascertainment

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kapila

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Practice the duties and disciplines appropriate to your own āśrama; by such faithful observance the scriptural teaching is validated in life, and its promised attainment becomes directly evident through firm scriptural conviction.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Kapila is explaining a principle of right conduct: spiritual progress is not one-size-fits-all but depends on correctly following the dharma prescribed for one’s life-stage, which makes the truth of the tradition experientially manifest.